Observatory/Parliament's Expansion of Power Not Decided by the Green Camp

Reported about 1 year ago

Regarding the controversy over the parliament reform bill, President Tsai Ing-wen commissioned lawyers to submit a request for constitutional interpretation to the Judicial Yuan and filed a constitutional lawsuit for the regulation of constitutional reviews and interim injunctions. Despite petitions from the DPP Legislative Yuan caucus, the Presidential Office, Executive Yuan, and Control Yuan to the Grand Justices for constitutional interpretation and interim injunctions, the Grand Justices have not yet approved the interim injunction. The Green Camp refuses to 'act in accordance with the law', paralleling President Tsai's refusal to attend a council query during her time as Mayor of Tainan, displaying opposition to opposition lawmakers exercising their investigative authority or inviting the President to deliver a state of the nation address. The Blue and White Camp has set up a special task force to investigate Mirror Media swiftly during the 'constitutional interpretation window' in response to various interpretations from the Green Camp, but this does not mean that the Green Camp's claims of 'expansion of power and violation of the constitution' are valid. The Blue and White Camp's decision to establish the Mirror Media special task force was severely criticized by the DPP Legislative Yuan whip Wu Si-yao as 'making a fuss for nothing'. Wu's criticism not only restricts parliamentary investigative power but also emphasizes that the Parliament's reform and expansion of power is not solely determined by the DPP. Especially, Executive Yuan Chief Su Tseng-chang, whose motion for reconsideration was rejected by the Legislative Yuan, went as far as to claim in the Legislative Yuan that 'the people will not accept an augmentation of power', leading to absurdity.

Source: YAHOO

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