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Do we like Cho Jung-tai?

Our score: 6 out of 10. Nothing harmful turned up and he has backed marriage equality, but the record I could check is thin.

Cho Jung-tai is a career Democratic Progressive Party man. He began on the Taipei City Council in 1990 and moved to the national legislature in 1998, according to profiles. He later served twice as Cabinet secretary-general and was elected DPP chair in 2019. Lai Ching-te picked him as premier in 2024.

The big running story is a constitutional stoush. In December 2025 Cho refused to countersign a revenue-sharing law amendment, which reports describe as a first for the Executive Yuan, and a legislative committee then voted to ask the Control Yuan to impeach him. In March 2026 a censure motion over three more refused amendments advanced 53-29. He argues the amendments are unconstitutional, and his opponents say he is blocking laws the legislature passed.

The pattern has continued. By August 2026 reports counted seven refusals, and the opposition moved to condemn him again over the youth savings bill. A censure motion is symbolic, and Cho has argued the legislature's real recourse is a no-confidence vote. Where you land depends on whether you see a premier defending the constitution or one stonewalling an elected legislature.

On the harm check, nothing nasty turned up. Search results show him calling same-sex marriage legalisation a major human rights achievement Taiwan can be proud of, in May 2025. He also chaired the Executive Yuan's gender equality committee, where he pushed for gender pay disclosure. I didn't find anything on climate, migrants or conspiracy theories either way.

Honest gaps: I couldn't open any articles to read the full detail, and I found no court record or credible allegations against him. His budget and defence fights and the 2026 baseball-trip row over who paid weren't checked closely enough to judge. Treat this as a first pass, not a deep dive.