Foundation urges halt to proposed amendmentsBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAThe Judicial Reform Foundation yesterday urged the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) to halt the Legislative Yuan proceedings immediately on the grounds that their proposed amendments for legislative reforms could be illegal and unconstitutional. The legislature had passed the second reading of amendments to the Act Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power (立法院職權行使法) on Friday last week, Tuesday and Friday. The foundation said in a statement on Friday night that the drafts submitted by the KMT and the TPP contained multiple points of contention and that the version of the amendments could be unconstitutional. Lawmakers participate in a session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Friday. The foundation urged rational dialogue and said that it supported legislative reforms, but could not condone the passage of amendments without due deliberation.
