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Taiwan’s Global Credibility on the Line with Disputed Laws, President Says

On Dec 16, President Lai Ching-te urged Taiwan parliament to withdraw disputed laws, warning the nation's global credibility is at risk and offering to speak to lawmakers in person.
Last month, opposition-passed amendments to a revenue allocation law granted more funds to local governments, but Lai's administration says those changes and reversing pension reforms enacted in 2018 are fiscally unsustainable.
Refusing to enact the law, Cho Jung-tai, Premier, said he was refusing to enact the local government financing law while the Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party say the government is acting `dictatorially` and trampling the rule of law.
With recalls and political criticism mounting, the KMT says the DPP failed electorally this year in recall elections over the summer, and the KMT has held off on a vote of no confidence that could trigger parliamentary elections.
While Lai won the presidency last year, the Democratic Progressive Party lost its parliamentary majority to the Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party, allowing the opposition to pass legislation and block government plans.

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The government's finances would be hurt by a recent amendment pushed through by opposition parties that increases public funds allocated to local governments, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Monday as the stalemate over the issue persisted.

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Taiwan's global credibility on the line with disputed laws, president says

Taiwan's global credibility is on the line and parliament should withdraw a series of laws the government opposes, President Lai Ching-te said amid a deepening dispute with the opposition, which has slammed him for ignoring the will of the people.

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