PROTECTION: The amendment stipulates that proposals to alter or annul Taiwan’s free, democratic and constitutional system should never be part of cross-strait negotiations
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 01, 2019
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Lawmakers yesterday amended the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the
Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan, right, bangs his gavel to mark the passage of amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area following their third reading at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (台灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) to include legislative oversight and referendums before the government can sign a political agreement with China.
The amended act includes a new Article 5-3, which stipulates that the Executive Yuan must submit a signing plan and a political impact assessment report to the Legislative Yuan at least 90 days before it is scheduled to begin negotiations with the Chinese government.
The plan must obtain the approval of three-quarters of lawmakers in a legislative meeting attended by at least three-quarters of all lawmakers, the amendment says.
A political agreement, as defined by the amendment, is one that would have a major constitutional or political effect. [FULL STORY]
