Zeng Mingzong, chairman of the Kuomintang League in the Legislative Yuan, pointed out in an interview that this year is an election year, the first is to give priority to regional legislators, and the second is to seek to maximize the number of seats on the calling committee.

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[Reporter Lin Liangsheng/Taipei Report] The 7th session of the 10th Legislative Yuan was held, and the distribution of political parties in each committee was released yesterday. With the KMT missing 2 seats in the Legislative Council, the distribution in the Transportation Committee may allow the DPP to take all 2 seats in the Convocation Committee. Arousing internal doubts, Zeng Mingzong, the chairman of the Kuomintang League in the Legislative Yuan, said that this is a matter of choice. The seat distribution will give priority to regional legislators, and the relevant elections will still seek the cooperation of the opposition party.

The new session of the Legislative Yuan was held. The Kuomintang group lost 2 legislators because the former party legislator Xu Shuhua was elected as the county magistrate of Nantou and Lin Yihua was appointed as the deputy mayor of Taipei. Zeng Mingzong had previously assessed that among the 16 members of the 8 committees of the Legislative Yuan, The Kuomintang may lose 2 seats on the calling committee, and the ability to control the committee's power to arrange cases will be weakened.

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The distribution of political party seats in the committees of the latest session was released yesterday. The distribution of each committee is as follows: internal affairs, 8 seats for the DPP, 5 seats for the KMT, and 1 seat for the People's Party; foreign affairs and national defense, 8 seats for the DPP, 5 seats for the KMT, and the People's Party 1 seat; economy, DPP 8 seats, Kuomintang 6 seats, non-party legislator Lin Changzuo; finance, DPP 7 seats, Kuomintang 5 seats, non-party legislator Huang Guoshu; education and culture, DPP 8 seats, Kuomintang 4 seats, 1 seat for the People's Party; transportation, 8 seats for the DPP, 4 seats for the Kuomintang, and 2 seats for Times Power; judiciary and legal system, 7 seats for the DPP, 5 seats for the Kuomintang, and 1 seat for the People's Party; social welfare and sanitation, The Democratic Progressive Party has 9 seats, the Kuomintang has 4 seats, the People's Party has 1 seat, and the Power of the Times has 1 seat.

According to the distribution of seats of each party, the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang can each get one seat in the 5 committees of internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense, economy, finance, justice and legal system; the 3 committees of education and culture, transportation, social welfare and sanitation In the committee, the Democratic Progressive Party has one seat on the calling committee, and the other seat depends on the trend of the People's Party and the power of the times.

Some KMT legislators questioned that there is a problem with the allocation of seats for the Kuomintang League cadres in the committee. Only 4 seats are allocated to the Transportation Committee, while the DPP has 8 seats, and 2 seats are in the hands of legislators who are regarded as pro-green powers of the times. In fact, even if the power of the times remains neutral, the KMT still has to rely on lottery to have a chance to win the calling committee. If the time force votes for the DPP, the KMT will have no calling committee seats in the transportation committee in the next year.

People familiar with the matter also pointed out that when counting the number of seats in advance, there were only 5 Kuomintang legislators who listed the transportation committee as their first choice. A voluntary committee member can get his wish, and the number of committee members is no longer a problem.

The Blue Committee questioned that the Kuomintang’s last year’s agenda in the Transportation Committee can only be resigned to fate. The Kuomintang’s think tank specifically listed the “Basic Traffic Safety Law” as a priority bill this year. The "mysterious operation" may lose the right to speak in the Legislative Yuan.

Zeng Mingzong pointed out in an interview today that this year is an election year, the first is to give priority to regional legislators, and the second is to seek to maximize the number of calling committees.

This time, with only 38 legislators in the Kuomintang League, many senior or regional legislators chose to stay in the economic committee. 9 legislators chose their first choice and 5 second choice. Most of them were regional legislators. It was not easy to settle. .

Zeng Mingzong said bluntly that the consideration of elections is the priority, and the needs of non-regional legislators are second. That's why one more seat is allocated in the Economic Committee to relieve the pressure. There are only 4 seats in the 3 committees. The KMT will discuss cooperation with other opposition parties to strive for the most. The number of seats on the calling committee.

Regarding the seat arrangement of the Transportation Committee, Zeng Mingzong said frankly that there is no way. The Kuomintang must first consider the fields that are more related to the future national elections, and choose five committees including internal affairs, national defense, foreign affairs, finance, and justice. Although the Transportation Committee is also very popular , but there is no way in an election year. This is a matter of trade-offs, and there is no way to meet everyone's needs.