Opposition still dragging heels on passing total budgetBy Su Yung-yao, Liu Wan-lin and Esme Yeh / Staff reportersThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) plan to review and pass part of the central government’s general budget would be “a good job half done” if the rest of the budget remains shelved, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday. In response to media queries for comment, Lai yesterday said it is good for the KMT to realize the significance of the central government’s budget to people’s livelihoods. Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers hold up placards urging review of the central government’s general budget at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Friday. The KMT should allow all the central government’s budget bills to be reviewed by relevant legislative committees and facilitate their passage at the legislature as soon as possible, he said. Or that you just have been obsessed with political manipulation and blaming opposition parties every day?” she said.

Source: Taipei Times January 10, 2026 17:15 UTC