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Taiwanese lawmakers pushed, shouted, and unfurled banners at one another in a dispute about efforts to pass contentious parliamentary reforms.
The two main opposition parties, the pro-China Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), have joined hands to back reforms that give parliament greater scrutiny over the government.
Another controversial proposal is where lawmakers can punish officials for contempt of parliament if they are considered to making “false statements” or “withholding information.”
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says such a law lacks a clear definition. Lawmakers wearing headbands reading “democracy has died” demanded more discussions on the proposals. Though they vented their anger at the opposition there was no repeat of Friday’s scenes of MPs kicking and punching one another
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