Want China Times
Date: 2015-05-03
By: CNA and Staff Reporter

If Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan wants to put its proposed amendments to the

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng, front left, and former president Lee Teng-hui, front right, attend a conference on constitutional reforms on May 2 in Taipei. (Photo/Yao Chih-ping)

Constitution to the vote in a referendum on Jan. 16 next year, when the country holds its next presidential and legislative elections, it will need to submit its proposals in mid-June, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said Saturday.

Wang noted that in response to public expectations of constitutional reforms, the legislature has formed a commission to handle constitutional reform proposals put forward by various political parties.

He noted that a timetable has been drawn up after discussions with the Ministry of the Interior, the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the whips of various parties.     [FULL  STORY]