Taiwan is a rambunctious democracy and fights and protests inside the parliament building are not uncommon. Late morning on Monday, DPP lawmakers pulled down the barricades and forced their way in, surrounding the main podium where their KMT opposite numbers had holed up. The KMT lawmakers eventually withdrew, but denounced their DPP counterparts for using violence against them. “What a nerve!” senior DPP legislator Wang Ting-yu wrote on his Facebook page. Both the DPP and the presidential office condemned the KMT’s action, with the DPP saying the KMT was orchestrating a “farce”.

Source: bd News24 June 29, 2020 07:41 UTC