The absence of flashpoints, however, belied the intensity of partisan feuding that promises to escalate in the run-up to the elections. More than 60 percent of people say they are amazed by the circus-like performance of the legislature.
Civic groups, tired of the constant war of words, have called for the body to be halved in size so that unsavory legislators such as like independent Lo Fu-cho (羅福助) can be screened out.



