NOT LISTENING: Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin said that a government that has ‘shaken the nation to its core’ should be ousted
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 28, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) politicians yesterday lashed out at the Democratic
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday pray for a man who was in critical condition after falling while climbing a building in the legislative compound in a protest against the government’s pension reform plan. Photo: AFP
Progressive Party (DPP), criticizing it as being willful and arrogant when drafting the proposed pension reform bill, after retired colonel Miao Te-sheng (繆德生) was seriously injured when he fell climbing a legislative building early yesterday morning, protesting against the government’s plan to cut pensions for retired military personnel.
“This has gone too far,” said former KMT chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱), who appeared outside the compound shortly after Miao fell.
Hung said she had repeatedly reminded the DPP administration that more talks were needed before the bill is finalized, but those reminders had fallen on deaf ears.
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