Taiwan: Constitution committee makes agenda

18 December 2014
New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu. Photo: Taipei Times
New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu yesterday reiterated that “constitutional amendments are a must”. Photo: Taipei Times
<p>The motion to set up a constitutional amendment committee was passed yesterday by the legislature’s Procedure Committee to be placed on the agenda for the next legislative floor meeting on Friday.</p><p>The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has taken up long-proposed calls for constitutional amendments after its rout in last month’s nine-in-one elections.</p><p>A group of KMT legislators worked last week to align with opposition lawmakers to propose the establishment of a constitutional amendment committee in a bid to solve a constitutional-political impasse said to have led to political upheavals in the past few years.</p>
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