1. First up the highly controversial Aboriginal Bill that on the surface grants more autonomy to Aboriginals but in reality adds a bureaucratic and legal hurdle to the ability of Taiwanese Aboriginals to exercise their rights under the 2005 Basic Law. A vast majority of Aboriginals have traditionally voted for the KMT. I'm interested to see if this continues to remain the case.
2. The KMT think nothing of using the people's government and state institutions as propaganda tools for party politics (see bold):
Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義), speaking to KMT party officials and legislators at the KMT headquarters, said that in the new legislative session, the Cabinet would push for the amendment of the National Health Insurance Act (全民健康保險法), an anti-corruption organization law and 18 other laws, as well as a general budget for next year and a special budget for flood control.
While promising to pass the proposed laws and budget plans, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) and some KMT legislators expressed concerns about November’s special municipality elections, calling on party members to join efforts in campaigning for party candidates
“We should use our advantages as the ruling party and seek victories in the upcoming elections,” he said.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), in his capacity as the KMT chairman, said several government bodies, such as the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, should “stay neutral,” but other government officials should be able to participate in election campaign events during the weekends.3. The Cabinet recently moved to redefine the measure of a person living in poverty to ease restrictions on subsidies for people who are economically disadvantaged. E.g. since more people will be now defined as disadvantaged, more subsidies will be paid out to more people.
4. ECFA and Chinese Student Bills.
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