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Legislature Advances TPP’s Defense Bill

The Taiwan People's Party bill limits defense spending to NT$400 billion and focuses on five weapons systems, opposing the Cabinet's NT$1.25 trillion proposal.

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When the Legislative Yuan handled report matters on the 30th, the KMT and TPP, with their majority, passed their proposal to refer the "Special Act on Procurement for the Plan to Safeguard National Security and Enhance Asymmetric Warpower" to committee members for review. The bill, which allows the Taiwan People's Party caucus to raise a maximum of NT$400 billion, adopts an "annual review" system, and requires a special report from the Executive…

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The Legislative Yuan convened today, and during the handling of report matters, the KMT and TPP, leveraging their majority, passed a proposal to refer the Taiwan People's Party caucus's draft bill on the special act for the procurement of plans to safeguard national security and strengthen asymmetric combat capabilities to a committee for review. They also blocked the Executive Yuan's draft bill on national defense, which would cost NT$1.25 tril…

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cna.com.tw broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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