Activists want debate with senior DPP legislator
Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/01
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Students and activists protesting against the abolition of holidays for workers
By Central News Agency
broke into the offices of top Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Ker Chien-ming Tuesday.
The protesters were removed by police, but their action was condemned by legislators, while it called up comparisons to the Sunflower Movement of 2014, when a larger group of students occupied the full Legislative Yuan to protest against the then-Kuomintang government’s China policies.
About 20 activists invaded the Legislative Yuan offices of Ker, the chief whip of the 68-member DPP caucus, Tuesday morning, demanding the government drop its plan to axe seven out of 19 public holidays for workers, while challenging the senior lawmaker to a debate. [FULL STORY]