Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/28
By: Ku Chuan and Evelyn Kao 

Taipei, March 28 (CNA) The Cabinet approved Thursday a bill that would create high legislative thresholds for passage of any potential political agreement with China and make any such deals subject to a national referendum.

The draft bill will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for review during the current legislative session.

Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said at a Cabinet meeting that day that the push to get the amendment passed early this session came after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) Jan. 2 speech proposing the “one country, two systems” model for unification with Taiwan and calling for negotiations with representatives of various sectors in Taiwan on the issue, according to Cabinet spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka (谷辣斯‧尤達卡).

Xi’s speech made the government feel it is imminent to pass legislation to safeguard the country’s national sovereignty and establish a safety net for Taiwan’s democracy, Kolas said.    [FULL  STORY]