DIFFERING GOALS:While the DPP has backed the Executive Yuan’s 72-bill list, other political parties are narrowing their focus to concentrate on specific issues
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 22, 2017
By: Chen Yu-fu, Tseng Wei-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Legislative caucuses yesterday announced their priority lists of bills and amendments
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, left, and KMT Legislator Wang Jin-pyng, second left, listen as KMT caucus secretary-general Lin Wei-chou speaks at a legislative forum held by the party in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
for the new legislative session that begins today.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said it has prioritized bills covering food safety, tax reforms and anti-drug efforts.
As the Legislative Yuan has just one month to concentrate on the passage of legislation, the KMT altered its strategy and decided to focus on select issues, KMT caucus secretary-general Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) said.
The KMT would focus on pushing important bills during the session, and it would scrutinize budget proposals for the 2018 fiscal year. [FULL STORY]
