PROCEDURE: The budgets for the Ministry of the Interior and the National Police Agency should be frozen, the NPP said, questioning their responses to protests

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 23, 2018
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

Cross-caucus negotiations over the general government budget continued into their second day yesterday, with opposition parties suggesting reducing the Cabinet’s budget due to controversy surrounding the latest labor law amendments.

The general budget submitted by the Cabinet for the current fiscal year estimates NT$1.99 trillion (US$67.61 billion) in spending and projects, and NT$1.89 trillion in revenue.

The Cabinet on Friday reduced the estimated spending by NT$14.7 billion and further budget cuts were made during yesterday’s cross-caucus negotiations.

The negotiations were scheduled to review the budget requests within the purview of the legislature’s Internal Administration Committee and Economics Committee.
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