The DPP caucus at the Legislative Yuan expects to negotiate with KMT and PFP legislators over the enactment of a referendum law, Chen Chi-mai (
After President Chen Shui-bian (
According to DPP Legislator Trong Chai (
He said he was confident that the draft law would reach its third reading soon.
On March 28, 2001, the Cabinet approved a draft of the initiation and referendum law (
The TSU and some DPP legislators such as Chai, who hope that a referendum law can allow the controversial issue of the nation's identity to be decided by a public vote, have presented several versions of the draft referendum law to the legislature.
The KMT think tank the National Policy Foundation in March 2001 proposed at a public hearing its version of the law, which excludes Constitutional amendments, bills to change national boundaries, national identity issues, the power to disband the legislature and budget bills.
In March, the Committee of Interior Affairs twice scheduled the screening of the draft referendum law on the agenda, but the opposition parties used procedural rules to block its review.
TSU Legislator Chen Chien-ming (
Chen said that although the DPP has not discussed with the TSU the details of their initiative, the TSU believes that the DPP has changed from its previous half-hearted attitude, judging from President Chen's comments on the urgency of the enactment of a referendum law.
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