Why are some Taiwanese afraid of giving legislators more power?
Al Jazeera
Critics say changes to government oversight laws could pose a national security risk to Taiwan; supporters of reform disagree.
Taiwan’s constitutional court will rule today on whether controversial reforms of government oversight laws are constitutional.
The reforms were passed earlier this year at the legislature in a highly contentious move that led to brawling between legislators – something of a Taiwanese tradition – and the largest mass protests in a decade.
Supporters say the reforms will strengthen parliamentary power; detractors say they are a power grab by the main parties in power and could put Taiwan’s national security at risk.
In a defining moment for Taiwanese politics, the constitutional court will decide today whether the government must keep some or all of the reforms, or even throw them out completely.
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