Taipei, April 27 -- Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu has said that the legislature would move to initiate a presidential recall against Taiwan President William Lai Ching-te after May 20, Taipei Times reported.

Speaking at a protest in Taipei on Saturday themed "against green communists and dictatorship," Chu accused Lai of polarising Taiwanese society since taking office and said the president must demonstrate a genuine commitment to democratic principles or face a referendum on his removal.

Taiwan should be a peaceful and united homeland, Chu said, but under Lai's leadership, divisions have deepened. Chu charged that Lai has used the power of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to serve personal ambitions, crush op...