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Contentious Opposition-Led Bills All Pass After Days of Wrangling
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12/23/2024
The legislature has passed all Kuomintang-led amendments to major laws following days of physical clashes among lawmakers and demonstrations on the streets.
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Conflict in the legislature leading deep into the night.
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Speaker Han Kuo-yu approves a third revision to Taiwan's laws.
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A clean sweep for the main opposition party, the Kuomintang, who put forward three amendment
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bills which have dominated recent legislative discussions and reignited physical fights
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with the ruling party that's included taped off doors and broken windows.
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The amendments, now laws, cleared by the opposition-led chamber, including the Taiwan People's Party,
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will make it more difficult for voters to recall elected officials, requiring ID on
00:43
top of signatures.
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It will redistribute taxpayer money by giving a larger share to local governments.
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And it will raise the threshold for constitutional court rulings, mandating 10 justices hear
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a case.
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It's a result the ruling Democratic Progressive Party warn as damaging to Taiwanese democracy.
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After yesterday's legislative vote, the Chinese government's system has changed.
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In terms of constitution, the five-council system is broken.
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The central and local governments are broken.
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The DPP has also taken issue with the way the opposition has passed the bills, a stance
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that has drawn demonstrations, with people turning out by the thousands across multiple
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days of protests.
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Some warning of possible influence from authoritarian China on the Kuomintang.
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Posting to social media, President Lai Ching-teh said the rulings were forcibly passed and
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have deprived the rights of the Taiwanese people.
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In an earlier post, the KMT said it is the one protecting democracy, pointing to the
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DPP's behavior as the obstruction of justice.
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They say DPP lawmakers repeatedly refused to engage in earlier discussions, stalling
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sessions to block the bills from passing.
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Now that the bills have passed, they will be sent to President Lai to be signed into
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law within 10 days.
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If he does not agree to it, he can file for a constitutional interpretation, a move that
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could cause more trouble, as the parties are also locked in a fight over the constitutional
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court on nominating new justices, another battle in an ongoing war between Taiwan's
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political parties in multiple arenas.
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Joseph Wu and Joyce Tsen for Taiwan Plus.
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