Civic groups, DPP slam stalling of fiscal budgetBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterCivic groups, including childcare advocates, and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators yesterday held a news conference at the legislature, condemning the opposition parties for stalling on the passage of next year’s budget, which they said resulted in withholding of funds, halting of subsidies to families and the suspension of public childcare centers. Democratic Progressive Party legislators Rosalia Wu, second left, Lin Yueh-chin, third left, and Chen Pei-yu, third right, pose for a photograph at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. “KMT and TPP legislators telling people that they ‘prioritize bills related to social welfare programs’ is just a lie,” she said. It is aimed at upgrading public childcare facilities and would rely on steady financial support from the central government,” she said. Lin criticized KMT and TPP legislators for prioritizing amending the Nationality (國籍法) and Constitutional Court Procedure (憲法訴訟法) acts, instead of dealing with the fiscal budget, saying that the budget is crucial in realizing welfare programs.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2025 16:03 UTC