In 1991, the older generation of KMT politicians that filled the seats of the legislative branch of the central government--who had been in place since 1947--were forced to retire. Finally, the people of Taiwan, who in the past could only vote for local officials and a very small number of so-called "supplementary seats" to the national parliament, could elect their own legislators.
民國八十年，當老一代的中央民意代表全面退職後，以前只能選省市議員、縣市長、以及寥寥數席的增額中央民意代表的台灣人民，終於可以投票來全面改選中央民意代表了。