Heads-up to the KMT: Why the botched budgeting compilation and political impasse in the Legislative Yuan may be more costly for the Kuomintang?

KMT referendum bills make progress through Legislature vote - Focus Taiwan

Taipei, March 25 (CNA) Taiwan's Legislature on Tuesday passed a motion sending two Kuomintang (KMT) referendum proposals on "opposing the abolition of the death penalty" and "opposing martial law" to a second reading without the need for committee review, after a contentious session marked by protests and parliamentary maneuvering.

Heads-up to the KMT: Why the botched budgeting compilation and political impasse in the Legislative Yuan may be more costly for the Kuomintang?

Written by Dr Chieh-chi Hsieh. This article argues that the KMT will suffer more substantial political backlash than the TPP both in the short term and long term. The KMT legislators will face the nationwide recall motions, while the TPP will not lose any of their legislators. The KMT is also going to bear the electoral cost of the internalisation of the cross-Strait confrontation.Continue reading