The China Post
Date: October 29, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Legislature’s plenary session was stalled Friday as opposition
KMT Legislator Chiang Wan-an, standing, extreme left, poses with a Tamkang University student for a picture while his colleagues are seen in the background staging a protest in the chamber, Friday, Oct. 28. The group of Tamkang students did not get to see the legislative plenary session scheduled for the day, as it was called off due to the protest. (CNA)
lawmakers staged a protest over a controversial bill that would cut statutory holidays for public sector workers.
Deputies from the main opposition Kuomintang occupied the speaker’s rostrum shortly before 10 a.m., preventing the plenary session from opening.
The lawmakers then demanded the bill be returned to committee for a fresh review.
“Oppose the majority’s violence; refuse condescending consultations,” read placards displayed in the chamber by the protesting KMT legislators.
But their Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) colleagues countered the protest by shouting, “We want to have the meeting.” The protests follow an attempt by Speaker Su Chia-chyuan to call a meeting between the leaders of the both parties, an offer the KMT refused. [FULL STORY]
