Radio Taiwan International
Date: 16 September, 2019
By: Leslie Liao

Taiwan’s legislature goes back into session on Tuesday. The majority-holding Democratic Progressive

Party (DPP) met on Monday to to choose who will run for convener of the different legislative committees. The DPP says that in the coming days it will make the national budget a priority.

One thing that’s not a priority for the DPP is proposing an amendment that would crack down on Chinese proxies operating in Taiwan. DPP Caucus Secretary-General Lee Chun-yi says more time is needed for the party to come to a consensus.

Lee says that the party is not stalling on, or trivializing, the issue. He says that if they were to open the Legislative session with a discussion about the proxy amendments, it would incite the opposition KMT to boycott, and nothing would get done.    [FULL  STORY]