‘HOT AIR’:A group of KMT lawmakers clad in blue shirts gathered outside the legislative chamber and popped balloons they say represented the government’s policies
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 14, 2016
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff Reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday called for a Cabinet reshuffle or Premier Lin
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators hold a sit-down protest while Premier Lin Chuan speaks on the podium at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Chuan’s (林全) resignation, during the first meeting of the new legislative session attended by Lin and his Cabinet.
In response to queries about the calls for his resignation from the KMT and former presidential adviser Koo Kwang-ming (辜寬敏), who made the call on Monday, Lin said that there could be adjustments to the Cabinet, but a “Cabinet reshuffle is not under consideration.”
Before Lin’s scheduled address to the general assembly, about 30 KMT lawmakers clad in blue shirts, held banners and placards in the general assembly chamber, chanting slogans demanding Lin’s resignations if a Cabinet reshuffle is not planned and criticizing what they said were policy failures and flip-flops of the administration of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
The group sat in the front of the speaker’s podium throughout Lin’s address and rose up to chant slogans again after Lin finished speaking. [FULL STORY]
