COMPLICATED:Huang Kuo-chang said it was difficult for him to vote for the DPP’s agenda, reluctantly voting in favor to expedite the handling of ill-gotten party assets
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 21, 2016
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
The legislature yesterday voted to call an extraordinary legislative session and has listed a draft
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Hsu Shu-hua holds up a placard to show the party’s opposition during a vote at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
bill to deal with ill-gotten party assets on the top of tomorrow’s discussion agenda.
A meeting of the general assembly was yesterday morning held to decide whether an extraordinary session would be called.
Before the meeting started, the legislature observed a minute’s silence to pay tribute to the 26 people who died in a tour bus accident on National Freeway No. 2 in Taoyuan on Tuesday.
As a cross-caucus negotiation convened before the meeting failed to achieve a consensus on whether the extra session would be called and if called, what would be placed on the agenda, the issues were put to votes. [FULL STORY]
