New Power Party
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New Power Party
時代力量 Shídài Lìliàng |
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| Leader | Huang Kuo-chang |
| Secretary | Chen Huei-min |
| Deputy Leaders |
Freddy Lim Hsu Yung-ming Hwang Hsu-cheng |
| Founded | January 25, 2015 |
| Headquarters | Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Ideology |
Populism Progressivism Social liberalism Taiwanization Taiwan independence |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Yellow, black |
| Legislative Yuan |
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| Website | |
| www.newpowerparty.tw | |
The New Power Party (NPP; Chinese: 時代力量; pinyin: Shídài Lìliàng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sî‑tāi Le̍k‑liōng) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014 and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan independence. The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (第三勢力), in which new political parties, unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or Pan-Blue Coalitions, sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics. Nevertheless, the NPP's policies are very much aligned and closely matches the Pan-Green camp; thus the NPP cooperated with the DPP against the KMT in the 2016 elections, going as far as to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP.
The party was started by Freddy Lim, lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy-metal band Chthonic, veteran activist Michael Lin, human rights lawyers , Chiu Hsien-chih and other prominent figures of the Sunflower Student Movement. Lim headed the party-building process, which saw the inclusion of Hung Tzu-yung, sister of late Hung Chung-chiu, environmental lawyer Ko Shau-Chen, and author-activist Neil Peng into the party. On 12 September 2015, the NPP was officially formed with the election of Huang Kuo-chang as executive leader, heading a leadership team of six deputy leaders.
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