The Legislative Yuan’s ruling and opposition caucuses reached a consensus today to request the Executive Yuan to submit a post-disaster reconstruction bill next week.
On Tuesday, the Legislative Yuan passed the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) request for a Typhoon Danas recovery bill to its second reading, leading to today’s cross-party negotiations chaired by KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁).
Typhoon Danas and subsequent storms have damaged more than 30,000 homes, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said today.
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The Executive Yuan would propose a special spending plan to accelerate recovery and reconstruction efforts in hard-hit areas, Cho added.
People who have been affected can wait no longer and the government must step in to support them, Fu said.
Although the typhoon hit southwestern Taiwan on July 6, Fu said, the Executive Yuan did not officially establish a command post until Tuesday.
The government has failed in disaster recovery efforts, he added.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislative caucus secretary-general Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) said that Cho has announced the Executive Yuan’s plans to submit a proposal as soon as possible.
She expects the Legislative Yuan to quickly pass the Executive Yuan’s proposal in the middle of next month, she added.
Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Legislator Chang Chi-kai (張啓楷) said that the TPP caucus is drafting a proposal that would specify subsidies for housing damage, garbage removal and other areas of need.
The Executive Yuan would work to meet Wu’s proposed timeline and review the measures that legislators have already put forward, said Lee Guo-hsing (李國興), the Executive Yuan’s deputy secretary-general.
Additionally, the Executive Yuan rejects the opposition party’s “falsehoods” about the government’s disaster response, Executive Yuan spokesperson Michelle Lee (李慧芝) reportedly said.
Additional reporting by Chung Li-hua
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