Taiwan's Central Election Commission has blocked two referendum proposals, on euthanasia and on traffic fines, a setback for the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) that put them forward and for the party's supporters, and one that again raises the question of whether referendums should be vetted by an administrative body.

• The commission rejected both cases on the grounds that they were "not major policy matters," allowing only the nuclear-free homeland referendum to proceed.
• TPP chairman Huang Kuo-chang criticised the decision as using administrative review to confiscate the people's right to hold referendums.
• The dispute centres on how traffic fine revenue is used: the TPP argues the money should go back into improving roads and public transport rather than into government coffers.
• The TPP will send a delegation to South Korea next week to study the country's pedestrian safety measures, road design and social housing system.
• Legislation on euthanasia will continue to be pushed in the new session, and if the two major parties drag their feet, the party has not ruled out launching a citizens' signature drive next year.

Outlook: Traffic and euthanasia reform are expected to shift to the legislature as bills, while the referendum route could make a comeback in 2027 via a citizens' signature drive.