‘HOW DOES IT FEEL?’ The legitimacy of a meeting last week was initially rejected by opposition lawmakers, resulting in turmoil at the podium before a break was called
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 14, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
An attempt by opposition lawmakers yesterday to force the Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, left, and New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming yesterday argue about the legality of amendments to the Labor Standards Act at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
(DPP) to return a revised draft amendment of the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法) to committee review was stymied after DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) called absent DPP lawmakers to the meeting to vote down the proposal.
The legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee yesterday held a meeting to review environmental protection budget requests, during which New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) made a point of order about what he called “procedural flaws” during a joint committee review of the proposed amendment on Monday last week.
A motion by DPP lawmakers on the two committees to send the revision to cross-caucus negotiations was passed during the review. [FULL STORY]
