“If the Taipei District Court decides to extend the detention of the four sitting legislators, then the court must ask for permission through an official letter. Then Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) would convene cross-party negotiations to deliberate on the matter,” Lin said. Police officers guard an entrance to the Legislative Yuan in Taipei in an undated photograph. In theory, the judiciary should seek the legislature’s permission to extend the detention, so the legislative speaker would have to look into the matter,” DPP caucus whip Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬) said. It is time to amend the conduct rules to dismiss legislators from office when they are convicted in court.

Source: Taipei Times September 21, 2020 15:56 UTC