The KMT has again called for extending the lifespan of Taiwan’s existing nuclear reactors, citing a poll conducted by the party that found that 73.6% of the public supports such an extension, while this was only opposed by 20.7% of the public...
Taiwan reported record-high tax revenue for 2024, with 3.73 trillion NT in taxes collected. This is a larger windfall than expected, in that there were 497.2 billion NT more in taxes than budgeted for by the government. The extra revenue is due to strong exports, as well as stock gains because of market enthusiasm about artificial intelligence...
In the preceding legislative session, the KMT, TPP, and DPP all proposed to pass legislation against forced organ harvesting. This proves a somewhat unusual move, seeing as during a time characterized by stark partisanship, it has been rare for the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps to come together to support any legislation...
With the budget cuts pushed for by the KMT, it has proven somewhat complicated to note what has actually been cut, and what government services are likely to be affected by the cuts...
With recent wide-ranging budget cuts passed by the KMT, the KMT has sought to defend the cuts as necessary for fiscal security in Taiwan. To this extent, the KMT has claimed that the cuts only amount to 3% of the budget and that such budget-cutting also occurred during the Tsai administration. By contrast, President Lai Ching-te of the DPP has framed the cuts and freezes as amounting to 30% of the available funding. There have never been cuts on this scale in the past twenty years, showing that against the claims of the KMT, such budget-cutting is not normal in the legislature...
The KMT and TPP successfully passed the third reading of legislation that would enact substantial cuts to the government budget earlier today. This took place on the heels of a marathon 20-hour session that led to the budget being passed before the Legislative Yuan adjourns for the Lunar New Year...
The first execution under the Lai administration took place yesterday. This was the first execution carried out by the Taiwanese government in five years. For the execution to have been carried out, the Minister of Justice and President would have to sign off. The last execution in Taiwan took place under the Tsai administration in April 2020...
The KMT has hit out at funding for the Kuma Academy, the best-known of Taiwan’s civil defense initiatives. In particular, the KMT has accused fundraising efforts for the Kuma Academy–which took place on a public welfare fundraising platform run by the Ministry of Health and Welfare–as being an effort to fund political activities. Laws forbid political activities from fundraising on public welfare platforms...
DPP legislative caucus leader Ker Chien-ming has called for recalling all 39 pan-Blue KMT legislators, as well as two independents that normally vote together with the KMT...
