l Presidential
candidates are nominated by political parties on a joint ticket or by citizen petition.
l People who meet
the following requirements can be nominated for the presidential election:
n He/She must be
a citizen of the ROC and 40 years of age or older.
n He/She must reside
in the ROC for no less than 6 consecutive months, with docmile for more than 15
years.
l Restrictions on
candidacy (people who have any of the following circumstances may not register
as a candidate for the presidential election):
n Anyone who
restores the ROC nationality or acquires the ROC nationality by naturalization
or the people in the People’s Republic of China or the residents in Hong Kong
and Macao who are permitted to enter Taiwan may not be registered as the
candidate for president or vice president.
n A person that
has been convicted of a specific offense by a court of law, declared bankruptcy,
deprived of civil rights and has not been restored, and/or has become subject
to the order of the commencement of guardianship or assistantship has not been
cancelled yet.
n A military man
in active service, a person handling election affairs, and/or is of foreign
nationality.