The China Post
Date: July 22, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A special committee meeting to review the controversial “one fixed day off, one
Kuomintang (KMT) and New Power Party (NPP) legislators face off before a committee meeting that would review the contested “one fixed day off, one flexible day off” (一例一休) bill on Thursday, July 21.(Stephanie Chao, The China Post)
flexible day off” (一例一休) bill was canceled Thursday morning after opposition lawmakers occupied the podium and the convener was a no-show.
Legislators from the New Power Party (NPP), which opposes the Cabinet-backed bill, occupied the convener’s podium of the Health and Welfare Committee as early as 6 a.m.
At 9 a.m., Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) committee head Lin Hsu-fen failed to appear to convene the meeting.
The standoff ended at around 11 a.m. after ruling DPP party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming emerged from a closed-door party meeting with fellow DPP lawmakers and Labor Minister Kuo Fong-yu, who quickly escaped the media by taking a rear elevator. [FULL STORY]
