The Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures (財政收支劃分法) and the special defense bill, announced last month by President William Lai (賴清德), were again stopped from proceeding to the committee review stage. At the legislature in Taipei yesterday, lawmakers on the Procedure Committee vote on scheduling a special defense budget bill. The Procedure Committee is where bills are formally registered and it should not be used to block them, Shen said. Any strict oversight regarding the bill should be handled by the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, he said. The KMT’s stance is to invest in military preparedness and peace, and the one blocking the defense budget is actually Lai, as he refuses to address the legislature and answer questions, KMT caucus secretary-general Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) said.

Source: Taipei Times December 30, 2025 17:13 UTC