"Now that the special budget is to be retracted, and the purchase of submarines is to be replaced with an initial budget for an assessment, I don't see any reason for [the KMT and PFP] to boycott a review of the budget," he said.
Meanwhile, Lee told reporters that he was helpless, because lawmakers couldn't even live up to the promises they had made in a meeting organized by Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平).
Lee told Wang that he was in need of his help, but Wang only responded: "I am afraid that I can only make a futile effort at this time."
Meanwhile, the PFP legislative caucus yesterday called a press conference restating that the party would never pass the arms bill.
In related news, Premier Su Tseng-chang (
"It seems to me that he [Ma] will not be able to keep his word to the public again," Su said. "I hope that he will not sacrifice the public just because of political concerns about cooperation between the pan-blue camp."
Responding to Su's criticism, Ma said that he "always meant what he said."
He asked Su to look at the "overall policy direction as a whole, and not just on one, or two Procedure Committee meetings."
Additional reporting by Jimmy Chuang
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