POOR SHOWING:The DPP also had the PFP and the luck of the draw to blame for the results, but was not helped by Legislator Yang Yao, who voted for himself, for a tie

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 03, 2016
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), which has only 35 seats in the 113-seat

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alicia Wang, right, yesterday shakes hands with another lawmaker after being elected co-convener of the legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee after Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Yang Yao voted for himself by mistake. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

legislature after the legislative elections on Jan. 16, yesterday won seven convener seats with the help of the People First Party (PFP), the luck of the draw and a blunder by a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker as the legislature held elections for 16 conveners of eight committees.

Of the eight legislative committees, the Education and Culture Committee and the Foreign and National Defense Committee are the only two that choose their conveners via recommendation instead of election. DPP Legislator Huang Kuo-shu (黃國書) and KMT Legislator Apollo Chen (陳學聖) will take turns to preside over education and culture committee meetings, while the foreign and national defense committees are to be overseen by DPP Legislator Liu Shih-fang (劉世芳) and KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang (江啟臣).     [FULL  STORY]