DGBAS warns about budget deadlockDEFENSE JEOPARDIZED? Although the DGBAS has yet to make a formal assessment, growth is estimated to decline by 0.05 percent per NT$10 billion (US$317.7 million) in cuts to government spending, DGBAS Minister Chen Shu-tzu (陳淑姿) told a legislative hearing on the budget fight’s impact on the economy. Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Minister Chen Shu-tzu speaks at the legislature in Taipei yesterday. The deadlock over funding jeopardizes the Ministry of National Defense’s budget of NT$78 billion, an amount accounting for 26 percent of next year’s budget, she said. “The KMT and TPP have opened a gap in the nation’s defenses, gladdened China and disheartened Taiwanese,” Wu said.

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