Mardi Seng opens CALD–Liberal International election mission in Taiwan

Senator Mardi Seng opened the joint election observation mission of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and Liberal International for Taiwan's presidential election, at a welcome dinner in Taipei on 10 January 2024.

Observers from liberal and democratic parties across Asia and beyond joined the mission. Addressing them, Mardi Seng described Taiwan as a model for those who aspire to a democratic, secure and prosperous future — a point he has returned to in subsequent CALD engagements across the Indo-Pacific.

Election observation is one of CALD's longest-running activities. The Taipei-headquartered alliance, founded in Bangkok in 1993, is the only regional grouping of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia.

Read the CALD report