DISSENT: The KMT caucus abstained from voting, while the four New Power Party members were the only ones voting against the new chairman’s appointment

Taipei Times
Date: May 09, 2018
By: Sean Lin  /  Staff reporter

Lawmakers yesterday approved all nine Transitional Justice Promotion Committee members nominated by Premier William Lai (賴清德).

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers tried to boycott a vote by proposing to send the nominations to a round of cross-caucus negotiations, but Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) said there is no precedent to hold negotiations over the investiture of government officials.

After a motion by the KMT caucus to hold negotiations was voted down, Su told Legislative Yuan staff members to set up voting booths, which KMT caucus whip Lin Te-fu (林德福) and Legislator Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) pushed over.

The KMT caucus unanimously withheld from voting, while the People First Party (PFP) caucus also abstained.    [FULL  STORY]