Initiatives needed to solve budget deadlockBy Lo Cheng-chung 羅承宗Since the legislative session began in February 2024, the level of conflict and political disarray have continued to escalate. Even the Constitutional Court, meant to safeguard the nation’s free and democratic constitutional order, was targeted by the legislature. In December last year, the Executive Yuan moved to stop the onslaught of absurd legislation being promulgated by refusing to countersign for the first time. Over the next few months, each competent authority would submit their individual policy plans, including income and expenditure estimates, to the Executive Yuan for approval. In August, the Executive Yuan must send its central government budget proposal for the following year to the legislature for review.

Source: Taipei Times April 01, 2026 17:02 UTC