Taipei Times
Date: Dec 31, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Premier William Lai (賴清德) on Friday said he hopes that proposed amendments to the
Premier William Lai, fourth left, greets lawmakers in the legislative chamber of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei late on Friday, the last day of this year’s legislative session. Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), Income Tax Act (所得稅法) and the general budget will be passed during an extraordinary legislative session that is to begin on Friday next week.
Lai made the remarks during a visit to the Legislative Yuan late in the evening to thank Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators for their work, as the day marked the end of the regular legislative session.
Earlier in the day, DPP caucus members during a luncheon with Lai agreed to hold a cross-caucus negotiation on Wednesday to discuss the agenda for the extraordinary legislative session.
Aside from the Labor Standards Act, Income Tax Act and general budget, the DPP also made plans to review the Act of Irrigation Association Organization (農田水利會組織通則) and a proposal that would give lawmakers the right of investiture for Control Yuan members to be nominated by President Tsai Ying-wen (蔡英文) to fill vacancies left by members named by former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) in 2014. [FULL STORY]