TAIPEI (TVBS News) — A reconsideration review of the parliamentary reform bill, initiated by the Executive Yuan, failed to pass in the Legislative Yuan (立法院) on Friday (June 21).
The vote saw 51 in favor and 62 against, with all 113 legislators casting their votes. This result indicates the Legislative Yuan will uphold their previous decision and move forward with the parliamentary reform bills.
Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) participated in the vote, sparking criticism from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, 民進黨) legislators who questioned his impartiality.
During the voting process, Kuomintang (KMT, 國民黨) legislators cast their votes in committee groups, chanting "Support Parliamentary Reform." Following the KMT legislators' voting, DPP legislators began casting their votes. The eight legislators from the Taiwan People's Party (TPP, 民眾黨) also cast their votes against the reconsideration of the bill.
The ballot consisted of two parts: one for the "Criminal Code of the Republic of China" (中華民國刑法) amendment review and one for the "Law Governing the Legislative Yuan’s Power" (立法院職權行使法) review.
During the vote counting, only "in favor" or "against" was announced for the first 12 votes, causing DPP legislators to raise questions. In response, Han declared a recount and read out the legislators' names and voting intentions in full.
Following the conclusion of the vote counting, Han announced, "The original resolution is upheld," as the 62 votes to maintain the original decision exceeded half of the total legislators required by the constitutional amendment provisions.