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Legislature to recess for a month ahead of polls

The Legislative Yuan will go into recess on Nov. 10 for a month to prepare for the Dec. 11 legislative elections.

Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) made the announcement yesterday after meeting with representatives from the party caucuses. He said the legislature is scheduled to resume work Dec. 13.

During the consultations, Wang said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus did not propose holding an extra session before the recess to screen the NT$610.8 billion arms budget.

The DPP caucus instead expressed hope that the draft package of amendments to the statute governing the Financial Reconstruction Fund can clear the legislative floor before the recess, Wang said, adding that the legislature may hold an extra session to screen the package before Nov. 10.

It was also decided during the consultations that the caucuses of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the People First Party and the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union will jointly designate from one to three of their legislators to defend the March 19 Shooting Truth Investigation Special Committee Statute" (三一九槍擊事件真相調查特別委員會條例) in two hearings to be called by the Council of Grand Justices later this month. The council has been asked for a constitutional interpretation on the controversial statute.

Wang said the three caucuses will announced a list of their representatives next week.

Meanwhile, the caucuses of the DPP and the Taiwan Solidarity Union, which asked for the interpretation, said they will send three lawmakers to take part in the hearings.

The DPP caucus has asked the grand justices to impose a temporary injunction on the statute until they decide whether the statute is unconstitutional.

The council will hold a hearing Oct. 14 to decide whether to impose a temporary injunction and will hold hearings on Oct. 27 and Oct. 29 before issuing its constitutionality interpretation.
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