Lawmakers decided to extend the session to midnight. At 5:30pm the speaker adjourned the session for dinner until 7pm, although it didn't resume until after 11pm. During the break, DPP lawmakers took turns occupying the floor to prevent the KMT from calling an unexpected vote on the bill.
Party caucus whips, meanwhile, engaged in closed-door negotiations, hoping to find a compromise on the CEC's composition.
An anonymous source said that the KMT, in a bid to force the DPP into concession, had threatened to floor a proposal to vote on the bill as a whole instead of following the usual procedure of voting on it article by article.
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