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Bills seek to ensure officials' attendance at the legislature
By Jimmy Chuang
STAFF REPORTER, WITH CNA
Sunday, Jun 01, 2008, Page 3
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"Those who ignore us will continue to ignore us and something must be done about that."
— Daniel Hwang, KMT legislator
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The legislature will review an amendment to the Law Governing Legislators’ Exercise of Power (立法院職權行使法) proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Daniel Hwang Yih-jiau (黃義交) that calls for fines for government officials who fail to attend legislative meetings.
The proposed amendment suggests that government officials who fail to attend legislative meetings without a valid excuse should be fined NT$30,000 per violation.
“So far, we have dealt with government officials who try to avoid facing questions at the legislature patiently and politely,” Hwang said. “But those who ignore us will continue to ignore us and something must be done about that.”
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chai Trong-rong (蔡同榮) has proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code (刑法) so that government officials who ignore the legislature would be charged with violating the code.
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