Wang, who may have forget the DPP seat-holdings are still one shy of a one fourth quorum required to initiate a recall, said the opposition party “can only propose, and it will have a long way to go to get the proposal adopted.”

A motion for the proposal has to be endorsed by at least one fourth of the 113 lawmakers or 29 of them, according to the Constitution.

After a motion is made, it must be put to a vote. A simple majority of legislators present and voting will adopt it as a proposal.

“The Democratic Progressive Party doesn't have a simply majority in parliament,” Wang said, “and no proposal can be passed.”

If adopted, the proposal has to be voted on, and a two-thirds majority vote can recall the president.

The Kuomintang and its allies, who controlled a slim majority in the Legislative Yuan, tried three times in vain to recall President Chen Shui-bian in 2006. Chen survived the recall attempts, resorting finally to a boycott by all DPP lawmakers.