The Legislative Yuan’s Procedure Committee resolved yesterday to hold an extra plenary session on Monday to deal with a number of delayed bills.
The bills lined up for review include a controversial amendment to the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) and a proposal that would call on China to admit and apologize for its military crackdown on unarmed civilians in and around Tiananmen Square 20 years ago.
The committee’s decision means the legislature will hold three consecutive plenary sessions before the legislature goes into recess next Tuesday.
Legislators are scheduled to discuss three “green” bills during the three plenary sessions on reducing carbon dioxide emissions, developing renewable energy and managing energy.
Also on the agenda is a proposal by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that would urge the government to support Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi while and consider imposing economic sanctions on Myanmar until its junta improves human rights conditions.
Lawmakers will also discuss a proposed amendment to the Labor Union Act (工會法) that would allow teachers to organize labor unions for the first time in the nation’s history.
Meanwhile, legislative sessions may be brought to a standstill again today as the Internal Administration Committee and the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee are scheduled to review the three agreements and one joint statement signed during the third round of cross-strait talks.
Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤), chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), and his Chinese counterpart, Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林), signed four pacts during their meeting in Nanjing in late April.
DPP caucus has vowed to scrutinize the agreements while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus has promised to fully support them during the committee’s review.
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