Premier to sign, challenge new billsBy Fion Khan / Staff writer, with CNAThe Executive Yuan is to countersign bills passed earlier this month reversing cuts to civil servants’ pensions, after which it would immediately file a petition for a constitutional judgement, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday. The legislature on Dec. 12 passed amendments suspending cuts to civil servants’ pensions, reversing fiscal reform that aimed to reduce the government deficit. Yesterday was the deadline for the president to promulgate the amendments to the Civil Servants Retirement, Discharge and Pensions Act (公務人員退休資遣撫卹法) and the Public School Employee Retirement, Discharge and Pensions Act (公立學校教職員退休資遣撫卹條例). Premier Cho Jung-tai, center, speaks to reporters in Taipei on Tuesday as Executive Yuan spokeswoman Michelle Lee, left, and Executive Yuan Secretary-General Xavier Chang, right, look on. With the Constitutional Court resuming operations, the Executive Yuan would immediately seek a constitutional interpretation, Cho said.

Source: Taipei Times December 26, 2025 20:23 UTC