Inter-party bickering continues to hinder legislature

In addition, opposition lawmakers rammed through resolutions demanding the government scrap the hikes in National Health Insurance fees and return 36 grassroots credit units to farmers and fishermen's associations.

Yesterday, DPP Legislator Charles Chiang (江昭儀) petitioned the Council of Grand Justices to rule on the legality of the resolutions, saying they encroach on the power of the executive branch.

This issue, along with the NT$50 billion public construction expansion program, promises more partisan bickering despite the recess, as neither side intends to back down.

Legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) has said a legislative resolution is tantamount to a law which the Cabinet must obey.

But there is no way the Cabinet can return the 36 credit units, which have already been taken over by other commercial banks.

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