More than half of the respondents to a recent poll were opposed to the idea of toppling the new Cabinet headed by Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (
The survey was conducted after comments made by People First Party Legislator Fu Kun-chih (
"Nearly 60 percent of respondents did not support a no-confidence vote against the premier, while only 24 percent agreed that doing so could help to resolve the deadlock between the government and the opposition," DPP Secretary-General Lin Chia-lung (
The survey was conducted by phone on Tuesday.
A total of 873 valid responses were collected.
More than 46 percent of respondents were also against putting amendments to the Organic Law of the Central Election Commission (
The pan-blue opposition had insisted on reviewing the amendments to the law before reviewing this year's central government budget, which is already overdue.
"The [poll results] show that people want political stability and the opposition should therefore avoid political bickering," Lin said.
Lin also said that nearly 50 percent of the poll's respondents believed that the passage of the amendments to agricultural and fishery association laws was a move by the opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to secure support from those organizations.
The Legislative Yuan passed the amendments earlier this month.
The amendments canceled the three-term restriction which applied to secretaries-general for the associations and lowered requirements for them to renew their employment.
They also stipulated that association staff standing trial would not be relieved of their posts until a final verdict was delivered in their cases.
The amendments were opposed by the pan-green camp.
Additional reporting by CNA
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