Taipei, Sept. 13 (CNA) Former Taiwan Provincial Governor and independent presidential candidate James Soong continued to head the other candidates with a 33.7 percent support rate after the passing of the tenure extension bill by the National Assembly (NA) deputies early this month, a weekend poll showed.
The poll, conducted by the TV Global Broadcasting Corp. centered on the effect of the passing of the NA bill on presidential candidates. The telephone poll interviewed 1,109 people islandwide Sept. 8-10. The margin of error was 2.94 percentage points.
Soong was followed by Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian with 24.2 percent, while ruling Kuomintang presidential candidate Lien Chan trailed with 12.8 percent.
Another independent candidate, Hsu Hsin-liang, garnered 1.2 percent. New Party candidate and writer-critic Li Ao was not included in the poll.
The poll found that 65.5 percent were against the tenure extension bill passed by the National Assembly.
More than 30 percent of the poll's respondents said the ruling KMT should be held accountable for the tenure extension, while 13 percent said that all three parties share the responsibility.
Some 55.3 percent said that they believe President Lee Teng-hui knew beforehand that the NA deputies were planning to vote themselves an extension, compared with only 8.8 percent who felt President Lee was uninformed about the deputies intentions.
The poll also showed that 83 percent favor of the idea of abolishing the National Assembly, compared with nearly 14 percent who want the NA to continue. (By Lilian Wu)
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