By Lo Chuan-hsien 羅傳賢The debate over whether the Legislative Yuan should continue to hold the national policy forum has dragged on for years. Early in this legislative session, the New Power Party caucus proposed abolishing it to improve parliamentary efficiency. The Democratic Progressive Party caucus said that it would not rule out supporting the proposal, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus wanted to focus on the legislative committees, and the Taiwan People’s Party caucus said that it had yet to discuss the issue. The national policy forum was established 16 years ago as a platform for minority parties to promptly respond to public opinion. Such conduct not only posed a great challenge to the legislative speaker, it also interrupted the predetermined session agenda.

Source: Taipei Times February 29, 2020 16:07 UTC