TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) declared Friday (Dec. 5) that the Executive Yuan, Taiwan's cabinet, will not execute budget allocation amendments. The Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament, overrode the Executive Yuan's veto of the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures.
Cho announced at a national awards ceremony that the Legislative Yuan's veto of the Executive Yuan's veto proposal does not compel execution of the amendments. The premier argued the decision was made without following standard parliamentary procedures, making it illegitimate. Taiwan faces severe political division between the ruling party and the opposition over the budget legislation.
Kuomintang (KMT, 國民黨), Taiwan's main opposition party, caucus leader Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) expressed that the KMT and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP, 民眾黨) share a consensus. He criticized the Executive Yuan for neglecting its duties by failing to present a comprehensible formula for the Financial Allocation Act. The Legislative Yuan rejected the Executive Yuan's veto proposal with 59 votes against and 50 in favor early Friday (Dec. 5).
Cho told reporters that the Legislative Yuan's decision to reject the Executive Yuan's report and proceed with a forced vote obscured the truth from the public. The premier stressed that the Executive Yuan, Taiwan's cabinet, would clarify the errors in the act to the parliament, ensuring public awareness of the issues. He criticized the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan's parliament, for attempting to blindfold the public and hide the truth about the legislation.