Recent events suggest that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is getting better at playing the political game of cat and mouse at the Legislative Yuan, as it makes calculated moves and watches the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) play into its game.
Following the results of the four referendums last month, which all went its way, the DPP has wasted no time, bypassing a series of committee reviews and forwarding the government’s budget for fiscal 2022 to a second reading at the legislature.
The move was met with outrage from the KMT, which had been holding up the review process. Caught off guard,
Over the past week, tens of thousands of Hong Kong people have occupied the streets of their semi-autonomous city to advocate for the democratic elections slated to launch in 2017. The pro-democracy protestors have blocked major roads in the downtown area and police fired teargas into crowds on Sunday. On Wednesday, the standoff entered a new phase. (Please also read our
Millions of Taiwanese are to vote in four referendums on Saturday, with many having to travel to the cities and towns of their registered address to do so.
However, there are concerns that the referendum questions might not reflect public concern. To what extent are they the result of political manipulation?
If the vote on Saturday is the result of a political agenda, that would be a failure of the legislative process.
Two of the referendums on imports of pork containing traces of ractopamine and holding major elections and referendums together were initiated by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
A third, on
“Brainwashed slave!”“Running dog of the Kuomintang!”These are the sentiments 27-year-old Lin Yu-hsiang expects to find on his Facebook page as a result of his campaigning work for the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, ahead of Saturday’s elections in Taiwan. “I’m proud to wear the party emblem,” he tells me in a coffee shop in Taipei, tapping the side of his chest. Even
Former legislator Ju Gau-jeng (朱高正) who cofounded the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and earned the nickname “Rambo” for his combative personality in the legislature died aged 67 on Friday, former DPP legislator Lin Cheng-chieh (林正杰) said.
“Ju Gau-jeng, a warship for democracy, died some time after 7pm,” Lin wrote on Facebook on Friday evening. “In Taiwan’s democracy movement, Ju Gau-jeng made a significant contribution. Rest in peace, comrade.”
Ju died of bowel cancer at Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Lin said.
The disruptions Ju caused in the legislature during his tenure from 1987 to 1999 played a role in forcing the retirement