Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-02-27

Premier William Lai says that further discussion is needed on the issue of pensions for

Police face off against demonstrators protesting the government’s plan to reform the pension system for retired military personnel. (Photo by CNA)

retired military personnel. Lai was speaking on Tuesday.

Lai had been scheduled to give a policy report at the Legislature, but called off the legislative session at noon. That’s after a group of protesters opposed to the government’s pension reform program stormed into the Legislature. One of the protestors, a retired colonel, fell while climbing the Legislature building, sustaining critical injuries. The colonel was rushed to hospital and has since been resuscitated.

Premier Lai said that after talks with the Cabinet and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), plans to move an amendment to the military pension system forward are to be put on hold.    [FULL  STORY]