Legislative President You Xifang Fangtu convened the Legislative Yuan party group consultation today (6th). The Democratic Progressive Party group chief convener Ke Jianming attended and accepted media interviews.

(Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)

[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Taipei Report] Today (6) the Legislative Yuan ruling and opposition party groups negotiated the central government's general budget for this year. There were as many as 4,782 proposals, and the Kuomintang group alone had 2,832 proposals.

Legislative President You Xikun said that in order to successfully complete the third reading before the Spring Festival, cadres of all parties and groups are asked to be patient and work overtime together for the country; Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Caucus Chief Counselor Ke Jianming said that everyone’s violent proposal has been completely distorted and called on all parties to adjust.

The day before yesterday, the ruling and opposition parties of the Legislative Yuan sent proposals for this year’s general budget to the Finance Committee for compilation. There were a total of 4,782 cases, including 2,832 cases from the KMT Group, followed by 1,047 cases from the Shili Party Group, 806 cases from the People’s Party Group, and 68 cases from the Democratic Progressive Party Group. You Xikun convened a consultation between the government and the opposition today.

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Lin Chuyin, a legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party and a member of the Finance Committee, revealed today that the first method of the KMT’s proposal is "in other words", such as the 14th, 15th, 31st, 32nd, 34th, and 36th cases of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee. For the same reason, the front and back paragraphs are reversed, and the budget proposal is used as a Chinese inversion exercise.

The second method is "identical multiple births", such as the 5th and 11th cases of the Finance Committee, and the 106th, 107th, and 110th cases of the Sanitation Committee.

Ke Jianming was interviewed and said that regarding the review of the central government's general budget, all parties and groups can submit cases before the consultation between the government and the opposition. Over the years, there have been more than 3,000 to 4,000 cases, and this year there are more than 4,700 cases. It cannot be completed until the adjournment on the 13th, and important bills have to be dealt with during this period. I hope that the ruling and opposition parties can negotiate according to past cases. Repeated cases should not be brought up again, and those that need to be deleted can be negotiated.

Ke Jianming said that the general budget will be reviewed every year, and the extent of cuts is the most important. Since the review by the committee, the budget cuts of more than 2 trillion yuan have been reduced by less than 2 billion yuan. This is very ugly for the Legislative Yuan. List a fixed percentage, about 20 billion yuan.

Ke Jianming bluntly said that everyone's violent proposals have been completely distorted and not good. This behavior repeats every year. The legislators' work is more important. Today and tomorrow will deal with the general budget. Call on all parties to adjust as soon as possible.

Yu Xikun said through Facebook that if the general budget is negotiated on average for one proposal per minute, it takes 79 hours. If you work 8 hours a day, it will take 10 working days to complete the review.

You Xikun also appealed that in order to successfully complete the third reading before the Spring Festival, all party and group cadres should be patient and work overtime together for the country. In any case, they should work together to complete the task within the scheduled period.