Source: Global Network
In order to fight for the merger and upgrade of Hsinchu counties and cities, Ke Jianming, the chief convener of the "Legislative Yuan" caucus of the Democratic Progressive Party, proposed an amendment draft to the "Local System Law", sparking controversy. "China Times News", "United Daily News" and other Taiwanese media reported on December 24 that the Democratic Progressive Party group of the "Legislative Yuan" spent 4 days and 3 nights guarding the meeting hall and preemptively proposed a draft agenda on December 24, including "local The "Draft Amendment to the Institutional Law" was included in the report items of the "House Council" and passed the confirmation agenda with the advantage of the number of people. Unexpectedly, the Democratic Progressive Party group immediately proposed a proposal to submit the revised draft to the second reading. The Kuomintang "legislators" were dissatisfied and rushed to the rostrum, and a jostling broke out.
Clashes broke out in Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" on the 24th (Photo source: "United Daily News")
According to reports, the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" group will submit the second reading of the "government" general budget next year, triggering strong dissatisfaction among the "opposition groups" , the general budget was returned to the committee review stage after consultation on the 23rd. However, at today’s “Legislative Yuan Meeting”, the Democratic Progressive Party group attempted to submit another controversial “Draft Amendment to the Local Constitution Law” to the second reading, causing the Kuomintang’s “Legislators” "The group occupied the forum and paralyzed the proceedings.
In today's "council meeting", the Democratic Progressive Party group gave priority to the proposal to change the agenda. It first listed the "Draft Amendment to the Local Constitution Law" that promotes the merger and upgrading of Hsinchu County and City as a matter for the Council report, and then proposed the "Draft Amendment to the Local Constitution Law" to promote the merger and upgrading of Hsinchu County and City. The draft was submitted to the second reading, causing strong dissatisfaction among the Kuomintang group. Taiwan's "Legislative President" You Xikun immediately announced that the "Legislative Council" would be suspended.
Conflicts broke out in Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" on the 24th (Photo source: Taiwan's "United Daily News")
Reported that the Kuomintang League Chief Fei Hongtai severely criticized the Democratic Progressive Party League Chief Ke Jianming for destroying "democracy" and "social cancer and social chaos" Source"; Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian just pushed for "amendment of the law" forcefully. Previously, the general budget bill was submitted to the second reading, and now he wants to push "amendment of local laws" and ignores "democracy". Kuomintang "legislator" Lin Weizhou criticized that the general budget was returned to substantive review after consultations on the 23rd. Now the DPP is planning to make a surprise attack and push for "revision of local laws." "Today is Christmas Eve, is it because they are afraid of Taiwan?" Nothing to do?"
Kuomintang "legislator" Jiang Qichen posted the proposal of the Democratic Progressive Party group. He said that the content of the proposal mentioned that "the members of the Democratic Progressive Party and others will submit the 'local law' to the Senate for the second reading. " This move made him question that the negotiations on the 23rd were all fake. Can we continue to be so barbaric after winning the four "referendums"? If this isn’t dictatorship and hegemony, what is it? We rushed to the rostrum today to stop such hegemonic behavior, and we will never accept it.
The "legislators" of the Kuomintang occupy the rostrum (Photo source: China Times News Network)
According to Taiwan media reports, Taiwan's "Local Institutions Law" stipulates that "to be upgraded to a municipality, it must have a population of more than 1.25 million people, and must be politically, economically, and culturally advanced and metropolitan areas areas with special needs for development." However, even if Hsinchu County and City are merged, they will not be able to meet the population requirement of 1.25 million. To this end, Ke Jianming, the chief convener of the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus, sent a draft amendment to the "Local System Law" on the 20th. The "nine-in-one" local elections will be at the end of next year, as long as they are passed and announced six months before the election. applicable. Ke Jianming also said that if the "amendment to the law" is passed, including the merger of Hsinchu County and City, Yunjiajia (Yunlin County, Chiayi County and Chiayi City), and Changhua County, will meet the conditions for upgrading to a "directly-governed municipality", Taiwan will be upgraded from the original " "Six Capitals" became "Nine Capitals".
"The purpose of changing the six capitals into nine capitals is to change the blue and green political sectors," Taiwan's China Times wrote in a commentary on December 20. The commentary also said that Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian of the Democratic Progressive Party will not be able to be re-elected in the next term, and Hsinchu County is a dark blue constituency. If he directly challenges the county magistrate election, he has little chance of success, so he raised the issue of county and city mergers before leaving office. They are trying to take a gamble. If they can capture the Blue Army's ticket warehouse by the end of next year, they can use resources to "green" Hsinchu.
Kuomintang "legislator" Lai Shibao said on the 20th that the merger of Hsinchu counties and cities is the worst "amendment" and is entirely to find a way out for Lin Zhijian. Moreover, if Hsinchu is upgraded to a "directly-controlled municipality", the overall allocation will be reduced from the original 9.2 billion. NT$ has increased to NT$25.7 billion, which is simply "clear water turning into chicken soup."Lin Zhuoshui, a former "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, believes that the six "direct municipalities" in small Taiwan have surpassed those in the mainland. "This is a big joke in the world." [Source: Global Network reporter Yin Yanhui]
