DELAYED POLICY? If the committees are not done reviewing by the end of the year, the DPP will force second readings without deliberation, the DPP caucus whip said

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 26, 2017
By: Yang Chun-hui, Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) on Sunday accused the opposition of “barbaric” obstruction, adding that failure to approve the general budget before the end of the year would have dire consequences.

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has been boycotting the general budget for next fiscal year in the six legislative committees which they convene, he said.

As a result, the legislature has little time left to vote on the budget before the session expires, Ker said.

Failure to pass the budget would affect a broad range of government programs, including public employee pay raises, long-term care, military procurement, drug-use prevention, higher-education reform and the purchase of new police uniforms, he said.
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