EDITORIAL: KMT, TPP are instigating crisisThe first session of the 11th Legislative Yuan’s four-year term ended on Tuesday, and 55 bills were passed in the session, which is the fewest bills passed in one session in 12 years. In the last two days of the session, lawmakers rushed to pass a slew of resolutions and bills, mainly proposed by opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators, who have a combined majority in the legislature. It was arrogant how they drafted the amendments covertly, and some party legislators, who were forced to vote uniformly with the caucuses’ decisions, looked clueless. TPP Legislator Chen Gau-tzu (陳昭姿) last month said she had to suppress the urge to vote against a KMT-proposed bill and follow her caucus. The two parties’ attitude is the source of the constitutional crisis they claim to be trying to prevent.

Source: Taipei Times July 21, 2024 17:44 UTC