TAIPEI, July 17 — Taiwanese lawmakers threw punches and water balloons inside the legislature today, the third parliamentary brawl in a fortnight, over the nomination of the head of a top government watchdog. A legislator from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was caught on camera...
Lawmakers from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party argue with lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang party, inside the parliament in Taipei July 17, 2020. — Reuters pic
A legislator from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party was caught on camera punching an opposition party member during a vote on nominee Chen Chu. The parliament in Taipei was once notorious for mass brawls, and has been the scene of frequent protests. Such confrontations had since subsided, but in the last fortnight they have returned with abandon over the decision to nominate Chen, 70, to head the Control Yuan, an investigatory agency that monitors the other branches of government.The party also claimed that 24 out of 27 people nominated for membership of the Control Yuan have close ties with the DPP in the “worst ever” nomination list for the agency.
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