KMT Legislator Yu Yueh-hsia (
"I am sorry for my outburst, which has spawned a fiasco," Yu told reporters.
Yu's apology came moments after the legislature's Disciplinary Committee decided to discipline Yu for her verbal attack.
Upset over the government's apparent intransigence in establishing direct links with China, 43-year-old Yu earlier this month said that Tsai lacked experience with men and therefore couldn't understand "linking" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Yu then uttered her "spinster" remark against Tsai during the legislature session.
The committee, noting that Yu's remarks were an insult to Tsai and the female public, voted that Yu shall publicly apologize to Tsai and the public within a week.
The ruling noted that Yu would banned from the Legislative Yuan for four sessions if she failed to comply with the action.
"To show my respect for the committee's decision, I hereby publicly offer my apology to Tsai," Yu said.
The committee yesterday also voted to have DPP Legislator Tsai Chi-fang (
Earlier in the month Tsai -- referring to a comment by Chen in which she had said "women use their breasts as a social tool," -- was overheard by the media during a legislative session saying, "Sisy Chen said her breasts are for socializing. I also want to socialize with her breasts."
An argument erupted between pan-blue and pan-green legislators yesterday when they came to decide on what degree of punishment should be handed to Tai Chi-fang.
Legislators from the pan-blue camp argued that Tai Chi-fang should also offer a public apology while pan-green legislators, citing that Tsai Chi-fang had previously held press conference to openly offer his apology, could be punished with a written apology to Chen.
The committee eventually voted that Tsai Chi-fang should submit a written apology to Chen within one week.
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