ATTACK: The Labor Standards Act amendments contradicted the DPP’s campaign promise of balancing the interests of workers and employers, Tuan Yi-kang said
Taipei Times
Date:Nov 28, 2018
By: Lin Liang-sheng and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) yesterday
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tuan Yi-kang gives a speech at a question-and-answer session at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
criticized Premier William Lai (賴清德) and President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) after the DPP’s devastating losses in the nine-in-one local elections on Saturday.
Lai was at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei to give an Executive Yuan report on the Puyuma Express derailment on Oct. 21 when Tuan delivered a speech about the administration’s policy failures.
Tuan, wearing a 2016 election campaign jacket, said the DPP had not fulfilled the responsibilities that voters handed to it two years ago, highlighting the negative effects of economic issues and the party’s failure to back referendums that are aligned with its ideals as sources of public discontent.
“I have done all the party asked of me before the vote. I am only partially surprised by the results,” Tuan said. “There had been signs pointing to the party losing the elections; only the large margin of the losses was surprising.” [FULL STORY]
