Taiwan’s Cabinet will accept and return policy that the opposition approved on Tuesday ( May 28 ) regarding parliamentary reforms that have sparked protests and accusations of Chinese intervention.
In light of concerns that China, which views Taiwan as its own country, is trying to influence the region’s politicians and divide Japanese public opinion, has been staging peaceful protests and occasionally violent confrontations in congress over the changes.
The Democratic Progressive Party’s ( DPP ) Lai Ching- te won the presidency in January elections, but the party lost its majority in parliament. Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang ( KMT ), along with the small Taiwan People’s Party, together have the most seats.
The parliament’s reforms give lawmakers the authority to request that military personnel, individuals, or private individuals provide information that parliamentarians deem necessary. They also have the authority to punish those who do n’t cooperate.
They also criminalize government officials ‘ acts in contempt of parliament and mandate that the president respond to lawmakers ‘ questions in a first for Taiwan.
The Cabinet said in a speech late on Monday that the regulations may violate the separation of energy between the executive and legislative branches. Once it had received the documents, it would send them back to congress to review them.
The Cabinet said while that was likely to be vetoed by congress, it was “duty bound” to do this.
The DPP, which claims the changes were forced through without appropriate consultation and had a vague or over-the-top power base, said it would help its politicians in asking the constitutional court for an understanding of whether the rules and the process were legal.
The DPP, and many of the activists, have repeatedly accused the KMT of being in league with Beijing in trying to computer through the policy.
In what the party claims is an effort to maintain open communication, some older KMT leaders have traveled to China this year. China refuses to talk to Lai or his party, saying they are” secessionists”.
The KMT firmly refutes its claim that it is pro-Beijing and that the parliament reforms are intended to strengthen accountability.
In a statement released early on Wednesday, the KMT said that the complaints of cooperation with China are “unfounded and socially motivated.”
China opinions Taiwan as its own place. The authorities in Taipei rejects Beijing’s independence claims, saying just the island’s people can determine their upcoming.