Taiwan lawmakers brawl over parliament reforms

Bangkok Post Group

Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday (May 17) in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before president-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority. - REUTERS

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00:00 [crowd noise]

00:28 Everyone should discuss this more.

00:29 I also call on the President of the Parliament to be the President of the Parliament for

00:33 all of Taiwan, not just for the Kuomintang.

00:37 I hope he can be a bridge of communication.

00:39 [crowd noise]

00:50 If the DPP continues to try and block the voting process, I believe this will happen

00:55 again and again.

00:56 So we call on President Lai Ching-de to tell the DPP caucus not to use violence at every

01:01 turn.

01:01 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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