TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Legislators clashed early Monday (Dec. 16) in the Internal Administration Committee (內政委員會) of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan over a draft amendment to the "Public Officials Election and Recall Act" (選罷法). The Kuomintang (KMT, 國民黨) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, 民進黨) legislators faced off, with KMT members using tape and forming a human barricade to block DPP members from entering the meeting room.
The DPP caucus gathered by 9 p.m. the previous night, while some KMT members stayed overnight in the legislature, with nearly all arriving by 6 a.m. By almost 8 a.m., KMT legislators escorted parliamentary staff into the meeting room and occupied the podium. Locked out, DPP members shouted, "The KMT fears recall and is stealing the people's right to recall" (國民黨怕罷免，偷走人民罷免的權力).
The meeting, beginning at 9 a.m., saw only KMT legislators present. They unanimously passed the draft amendment within three minutes, forwarding it to Legislative Yuan President Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) for party caucus negotiations. DPP members, trapped outside, protested the meeting's validity, exclaiming, "We have objections, and preventing others from holding a meeting makes the meeting invalid" (有異議，阻止別人開會，會議無效).
After adjournment was announced by KMT Legislator Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩), DPP members entered. DPP caucus whip Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) criticized the process and questioned procedural integrity. Hsu later clarified that no articles were forcibly passed, questioning the DPP's frequent podium occupations and disruptions.