KMT outlines stances on constitutional revisions

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has established a preliminary consensus on which constitutional amendments the party is likely to support once the amendments arrive for deliberation at the Legislative Yuan, KMT caucus whip Alex Fai (費鴻泰) said.
The KMT will support lowering the voting age to 18, to have the legislature ratify the appointment of the premier, and to include issues relating to climate change and animal protection in the Constitution, he said.
The post of premier was once filled by presidential nomination and ratified by the Legislative Yuan, but a 1997 Constitutional amendment allowed the president to fill the position without

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