KMT passes legislative review to amend recall law in just 3 minutes
KMT passes legislative review to amend recall law in just 3 minutes
2024-12-16
A legislative bill to raise the threshold to recall elected officials is the latest battleground between lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties. The proposal, submitted by KMT lawmaker Hsu Yu-chen includes a provision that “recall votes must be greater than the number of votes the official received when elected.” On Monday morning, KMT lawmakers blocked DPP lawmakers from the meeting room by force, making for a small gathering and the passing of the bill in one minute.
KMT lawmakers block the entryway and push back DPP lawmakers trying to enter the committee meeting.
In this footage, KMT lawmaker Chiu Chen-chun is seen pushing DPP lawmaker Hsu Chih-chieh on the head, four times to be exact. Moments later, Hsu is being lifted off by another KMT lawmaker Yu Hao, who’s twice his size.
And here’s KMT lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin constraining Hsu.
Meanwhile, a fight broke out between KMT lawmaker Chen Yu-chen and DPP lawmaker Chen Ting-fei.
What exactly is going on? At 10 p.m. the night before, KMT lawmakers made their way to stand guard at the Legislative Yuan, as the DPP were reportedly preparing to do the same. The KMT wants to raise the threshold to recall elected officials, which the DPP is against.
After the KMT lawmakers arrived Sunday night, they put tape around the entrance and even locked the emergency exit door. The next morning, DPP lawmaker Asenay Daliyalrep used sanitary pads as makeshift post-it notes and wrote “The KMT is afraid of being recalled” in protest on the door. Meanwhile, DPP lawmaker Chung Chia-pin went onto the lookout on the second floor to find a way in. He was followed by two KMT lawmakers. But when all this was going on, the meeting had already begun.
At 9 a.m. sharp, KMT lawmaker Hsu Hsin-ying announced the start of the meeting, when only a handful of other KMT lawmakers were present. After one minute, Hsu announced that the proposed amendments have passed committee review. Then, at 9:03, the meeting ends, and DPP lawmakers could finally enter the room.
Tsai Yi-yu
DPP caucus secretary-general
That’s not how things work at the legislature. We weren’t even allowed inside the conference room. At least let us in. We didn’t even get a chance to speak up during the procedure. How is that a committee? It’s a travesty. It’s even worse than martial law.
The DPP voiced concern over the procedure, but it seems the KMT caucus is determined for their amendments to pass before the end of the current legislative session on Jan. 21 next year.
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國民黨鎖門"選罷法3分鐘出委員會" 民進黨團:沒參與 會議無效
2024-12-16
國民黨立委許宇甄提案修選罷法調高罷免門檻，要求"罷免同意票高於得票"才算通過，今天三度在委員會闖關。國民黨前一晚就發動攻勢，不只鎖大門、用保鮮膜封門，還築起人牆阻擋民進黨立委進入，雙方爆發推擠衝突。而最後，就在沒有綠委的會議室內，1分鐘完成初審、3分鐘宣布散會。
藍營立委組起人牆，全部往前推擠，阻止民進黨立委進入內政委員會。
綠營立委許智傑成藍營攻擊箭靶，不但被邱鎮軍連續4次巴頭，還被海龍蛙兵出身、130公斤重的游灝瞬間抱起，嚇壞現場民進黨立委。
甩掉了游灝，又來個徐巧芯。
女立委間的衝突，陳玉珍對陳亭妃可沒在客氣。
國民黨鐵了心要讓三度闖關的選罷法修正案完成初審，加高罷免門檻，也就是"罷免同意票必須超過當選票數"，早從前一晚10點就到立院卡位。
藍營立委用塑膠封膜把委員會的門口封住，就連逃生梯的鐵門也鎖住，民進黨立委陳瑩，氣得拿出衛生棉貼窗，寫上"國民黨怕罷免"六個大字，而鍾佳濱則是跳到二樓窗台尋找破綻。擔心百密一疏，國民黨也跳窗台巡視。但沒想到，民進黨立委還被擋在門外，會議室居然宣布開會。
九點一到，藍營召委徐欣瑩宣布開會，場內只有藍營立委，1分鐘後，徐欣瑩宣布完成選罷法修法初審，3分鐘，宣布散會。民進黨立委終於進場，看了全傻眼。
[[民進黨團書記長 蔡易餘]]
“立法院沒有這樣的，連會議室都不能進來，我們至少進來，幾個程序發言的機會都沒有，這樣他們做可以出委員會，亂搞，戒嚴也沒有這樣”
會議程序引發質疑，但國民黨團力拚1月21日休會前，在立院三讀，選罷法大戰，戰火持續延燒。
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