RETALIATION? The NPP proposed slashing the National Police Agency’s budget because it ignored a request that police wear name tags as part of their uniform
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 20, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Lawmakers yesterday reached an agreement to tentatively trim NT$14.7 billion (US$499.49 million) from the NT$1.99 trillion general budget for this fiscal year.
It was the first round of negotiations about the general budget.
As the budget includes the funds needed for the Executive Yuan’s proposal to grant public servants, public-school teachers and military personnel a 3 percent salary raise, it would put the government in a dire situation if lawmakers were to freeze the budget at a 1 percent increase, as they did last year, Legislative speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) said, asking the four legislative caucuses not to be too harsh when slashing funds.
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