Pan-blue and pan-green caucuses expressed their disapproval at the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' (MOTC) decision on Friday to allow Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection Co to continue operating the existing electronic toll collection (ETC) system on freeways.
The legislators yesterday questioned whether the government was trying to flatter private firms.
"To sum it up, I think MOTC Minister Kuo Yao-chi (
Pan added that she suspected bribery may be involved in this case.
Her colleague KMT Legislator Wu Yu-sheng (
The People First Party (PFP) caucus was also upset about the MOTC's decision and said the caucus may confront the MOTC by decreasing its annual budget. The PFP caucus is also considering filing a suit against Premier Su Tseng-chang (
"We are very disappointed at the MOTC's decision on the issue. We will do something against the MOTC for sure -- such as decreasing its annual budget," PFP Legislator Liu Wen-hsiung (
The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucus said the resolution proposed by Far Eastern was simply a business promotion instead of a resolution that would "benefit the public," as the MOTC had requested last week.
Kuo should step down if the problems are not fixed before the Tomb-sweeping Festival on April 5, the TSU caucus said.
"Large volumes of traffic will be expected again during the up-coming holidays -- the Tomb-sweeping Festival. If Kuo cannot fix the problems, I think she should quit her job," TSU caucus whip David Huang (黃適卓) said.
The Democratic Progressive Party caucus did not ask Kuo to quit but party secretary-general Yeh Yi-ching (
"I do no think it is a good time to ask Kuo to step down," he said.
"On the contrary, I think we should give her some time to fix the problems," Yeh said.
"We are disappointed but we still need to get things done," he said.
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