KMT to propose own defense budget considering US arms delaysBy Shih Hsiao-kuang, Liu Wan-lin and Sam Garcia / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is to put forward its own arms procurement budget to be reviewed together with the Executive Yuan’s version, KMT Culture and Communication Committee deputy director Yin Nai-ching (尹乃菁) said today. The KMT has no intention of blocking the arms procurement budget, but the final version would not be the Executive Yuan’s proposal, Yin said. Separately, the KMT released a national poll today showing that 45 percent of respondents oppose the Executive Yuan’s special defense budget while 44 percent support it. “Supporting raising the national defense budget does not necessarily mean supporting the Executive Yuan’s budget,” KMT Legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) said, adding that 61 percent supported increasing the national defense budget in general. The KMT supports increasing the defense budget, but is considering whether it is necessary to pass a NT$1.25 trillion special budget, she said.

Source: Taipei Times February 13, 2026 10:48 UTC