Ministry of the Interior Pushes to Dissolve Political Party: Opposition and Civic Groups Condemn 'Green Terror' Threatening Freedom of Association

On August 8, 2026 (115th Year of the Republic of China), the Ministry of the Interior moved forward with procedures petitioning the Constitutional Court to dissolve the China Unification Promotion Party, igniting widespread condemnation from constitutional scholars, civil liberties groups, and opposition lawmakers. Critics emphasized that the existence of political parties and citizens' rights to political association are strictly protected under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The executive branch's weaponization of state power to eliminate political opponents under vague national security pretexts establishes a dangerous precedent, drawing fierce accusations that the DPP is instituting a 'Green Terror' to suppress political dissent.