KMT and TPP lawmakers vote against DPP proposalAMENDMENT: Contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau must be reported, and failure to comply could result in a prison sentence, the proposal statedBy Lin Hsin-han, Lee Wen-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday voted against a proposed bill by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers that would require elected officials to seek approval before visiting China. Fifty-six voted with the TPP in opposition to the bill and 49 for, sending the proposal back to the Procedural Committee. Legislators hold placards during voting at the legislature in Taipei yesterday on a Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) proposal to suspend electricity rate hikes. Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei TimesShen said that he had expected this from the KMT, but had not anticipated the TPP aiding the KMT. In other developments, opposition lawmakers yesterday used their majority in the legislature to send a proposed amendment giving lawmakers the final say in electricity prices directly to a second reading.

Source: Taipei Times May 03, 2024 23:13 UTC