Jaw says KMT leadership overstepping its authority‘RECKLESS CUTS’: The DPP expressed concerns about leaked opposition proposals omitting spending for the ‘T-Dome,’ saying it is like neutering the system helplessBy Lin Hsin-han and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters with staff writerChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) member Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) yesterday accused the party leadership of overstepping its authority, after KMT lawmakers were told to vote for a defense budget bill they had not reviewed. Jaw made the remarks at a conference with KMT lawmakers, where party members on key legislative committees said they had not seen the bill that the KMT-run National Policy Foundation drafted. From left, retired navy captain Huang Cheng-hui, retired air force lieutenant general Chang Yan-ting, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin, KMT “blue fighters” leader Jaw Shaw-kong, KMT Legislator Lai Shyh-bao and retired lieutenant general Wu Sz-huai pose for a group photograph at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. KMT legislators Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) and Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) told Jaw that they have not seen the document. “An integrated air defense system for Taiwan is self-evidently important in the face of the relentless threat posed by China,” it said.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 17:15 UTC