Verbal sparring over a lawmaker's private life continued at the legislature yesterday, one day after KMT Legislator Yu Yueh-hsia (
Yu said given Chou's love life, she had no right to comment about Yu's previous controversial remarks and recommend her to the legislature's Discipline Committee.
Chou's fellow DPP lawmakers tried to present a provisional proposal yesterday to send Yu to the Discipline Committee but the motion failed due to a lack of support from KMT legislators.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
DPP caucus members said further proposals will be made until the outspoken KMT lawmaker is sent to the Discipline Committee and the committee hands her a six-month suspension.
Yu remained defiant yesterday, arguing that the DPP has turned the Discipline Committee into a battleground with the intention of eliminating political dissidents.
She said she detests those who have extramarital relations with married people since she was the victim of such a relationship.
Yu could face a second attempt to send her to the Discipline Committee in a month, if the DPP succeeds to file its demand over the next few days.
Yu became the first lawmaker to be punished for using improper language in the legislature after she badmouthed Mainland Affairs Council Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) last month. Yu described Tsai as "old maid" and said she suspected that Tsai had stalled more active exchanges between cross-strait relations for what she called "emotional" reasons.
Meanwhile, Chou held a press conference yesterday, announcing that she will disregard Yu's derogatory arguments but may consider taking legal action against her.
Chou pledged that as a lawmaker she is prepared for the general public to review her behavior in private life.
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