PROTECTION? Opponents say the Council of Agriculture would be less equipped to handle water pollution cases, while others say that the legal authority would help
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 17, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday staged a protest against a draft
Farmers and irrigation association members outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday hold placards opposing the Democratic Progressive Party’s proposal to convert irrigation associations into civil service agencies. Photo: CNA
amendment that would transform irrigation associations into government entities, with thousands of farmers shouting objections outside the Legislative Yuan.
The Legislative Yuan yesterday reviewed a Council of Agriculture draft amendment to the Organic Regulations for Irrigation and Water Conservancy Associations (農田水利會組織通則) which seeks to convert the associations into official agencies and abolish the election of association heads.
Standing with KMT lawmakers on a stage on Jinan Road outside the Legislative Yuan, KMT Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government plans to expropriate the 17 associations’ private property by force and trickery. [FULL STORY]
