BALANCE: The premier said that the system for retired personnel would be adjusted to provide them a reasonable quality of life without overloading the nation’s finances
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 03, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
There have been no changes to the Executive Yuan’s plan to implement military pension
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers protest inside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
reform alongside cuts for civil servants and public-school teachers that were approved by the Legislative Yuan on July 1 last year, Premier William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.
Lai made the remark at a legislative question-and-answer session after New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) asked him whether a delay in finalizing the Cabinet’s proposal on military pension cuts, originally due on Thursday, meant that the scheduled July 1 implementation would also be postponed.
Lai on Tuesday said that the Cabinet, following discussions with the Democratic Progressive Party legislative caucus on Monday, decided to postpone its processing of a military pension reform bill, as there were still issues to be resolved. [FULL STORY]