Independent presidential hopefuls can drop out after passing petition threshold: CEC

Independent presidential hopefuls who collect enough signatures to become eligible candidates in the Jan. 13 presidential election will not be in contravention of the law if they later decide to drop out as long as they do not register with the Central Election Commission (CEC) as a candidate, CEC Chairperson Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) said Tuesday.

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