KMT makes last push for cash handoutsBy Dennis Xie / Staff writer, with CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday made a last-ditch effort to persuade the Executive Yuan to distribute NT$6,000 in cash per person instead of stimulus coupons as part of a government plan to revive the virus-hit economy. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Lin Wei-chou, second left, holds a news conference with other KMT lawmakers at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. If the Executive Yuan accepts the proposal, the KMT would fully support relevant budget plans in the legislature, he added. President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who was then the DPP chairperson, opposed the policy, saying that cash was better, Lin Yi-hua said. The government should be open-minded and listen more to the public, who want cash, Yang added.

Source: Taipei Times June 01, 2020 15:56 UTC