Poll shows majority oppose stalling defense budgetBy Chen Yu-fu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerMore than half of people disapprove of opposition lawmakers stalling review of the government’s proposed special defense budget, a poll found today. Last month, President William Lai (賴清德) proposed a NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.63 billion) special defense budget to be spent over the next eight years. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) using their combined legislative majority have twice declined to schedule the bill for discussion. Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers hold up signs protesting the opposition over blocking discussion of the government’s special defense budget at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei in an undated photograph. However, 33 percent of KMT supporters appreciated the comments, compared with 34 percent who did not.

Source: Taipei Times December 22, 2025 09:57 UTC