KMT’s budget review plan is unconstitutional: DPP‘DESPOT EMPERORS’: The KMT is treating budget items as a ‘self-serve cafeteria,’ approving only some items as it pleases, Chung Chia-pin saidBy Lin Che-yuan and Jason Pan / Staff reportersThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) move to divide this year’s fiscal budget into multiple packages for review and block the military spending items is unconstitutional, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators said yesterday. The KMT plans to approve funds earmarked for the T-Pass frequent rider program, flood management-related construction projects, newborn assistance programs and other plans affecting people’s daily lives, while stalling large portions of the budget, DPP caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) said. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus chief executive Chung Chia-pin, right, speaks as DPP caucus secretary-general Chen Pei-yu holds a placard at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. “They would only review the budget when people make noise, demanding the use of state funds to improve their livelihood.”“The KMT’s plan is unconstitutional. It also contravenes the Budget Act [預算法], which stipulates that the Cabinet compiles the year’s general fiscal budget and presents it to the Legislative Yuan for deliberation and review.

Source: Taipei Times January 12, 2026 17:14 UTC