DPP urges support for budget plansBy Hsieh Chun-lin / Staff reporter, with CNADemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday urged opposition parties not to obstruct military procurement and national defense budgets at the legislative Procedure Committee meeting today, given China’s latest exercise around Taiwan. The central government’s fiscal budget proposal for next year has yet to be submitted for legislative committee review. Democratic Progressive Party caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin, second left, speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. DPP caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) yesterday said that investing in national defense is investing inself-defense and peace. Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, right, speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
