讀後心得

The Legislative Yuan on the 25th addressed the proposal by the Kuomintang regarding a referendum against martial law and the abolition of the death penalty. Due to the blue-white coalition voting extending late into the evening, the Democratic Progressive Party questioned the validity of the meeting, stating that the time had exceeded the scheduled duration. The Democratic Progressive Party had already prepared to confirm the meeting records before the session and criticized the extension of the meeting as illegal. Legislators from the Green camp protested outside the conference hall, emphasizing the need to resubmit the proposal. During the meeting, intense conflicts arose, resulting in the damage of the cane of the DPP's parliamentary leader, Ker Chien-Ming, causing an uproar and escalating tensions between the ruling and opposition parties.

Yesterday (25th), the Legislative Yuan dealt with the two referendum proposals from the Kuomintang regarding opposition to martial law and the abolition of the death penalty, and after a joint vote by the blue and white lawmakers, it was decided to proceed directly to the second reading. Since the voting time in the assembly was past 7 PM, the Democratic Progressive Party claimed that the meeting had exceeded its scheduled time and argued that the meeting was invalid. However, the opposition parties stated that according to parliamentary rules, the meeting automatically extends until the conclusion of the questioning period, thus criticizing the Democratic Progressive Party for paralyzing the proceedings.

During the assembly on the 28th, the minutes of the meeting will be confirmed. The Democratic Progressive Party has already set up in front of the entrance to the assembly to prepare for the dispute over the confirmation of the minutes. The Democratic Progressive Party emphasized: "Illegal meetings result in invalid votes." Democratic Progressive lawmakers, holding signs, went to the office of the President of the Legislative Yuan but waited all day without seeing President Han. Lawmaker Wu Sih-yao stated: "In the assembly on Friday, the Democratic Progressive Party must submit the proposal first." The green camp expressed dissatisfaction with Han Kuo-yu announcing a recess at 9:03 AM on the day of the meeting and reconvening at 7:20 PM.

The blue camp directly proceeded with the second readings of the referendum proposals against the abolition of the death penalty and against martial law at 7:33 PM and 7:42 PM respectively. However, documents issued by the Legislative Yuan on the 19th indicated that the meeting on March 25th was supposed to be held from 9 AM to 6 PM, leading the green camp to deem the meeting invalid. Lawmaker Ko Chien-ming emphasized: "An invalid meeting is simply invalid; once the time exceeds, can it still be counted?" Kuomintang lawmaker Luo Chih-qiang stated: "It can be extended until midnight, and the People’s Party also proposed an extension."

The Kuomintang group insisted that the agenda on that day still included the overall questioning of the government, asserting that, according to parliamentary rules, the meeting should automatically extend until the questioning ends. The People’s Party also made the same proposal to extend until midnight, but the Democratic Progressive Party argued that while the meeting can be extended during the overall questioning, it still requires consent from the lawmakers, pointing out that the overall questioning had not yet begun at that time. Green lawmaker Chen Pei-yu subsequently showed a video proving that Executive Yuan Premier Su Tseng-chang asked Han Kuo-yu if he could leave and left at 6:15 PM after receiving consent. Lawmaker Luo Chih-qiang stated: "The President of the Legislative Yuan did not announce the adjournment; executive officials should remain in the Legislative Yuan." Lawmaker Chen Ting-fei commented: "They are now interpreting the law on their own."

The controversy over the meeting time led to heightened emotions in the assembly, and the cane of the Democratic Progressive Party's caucus leader Ko Chien-ming was broken during the argument, flying towards blue lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin, who stated that she would file a complaint due to the bruise. The tension between the parties escalated to the judicial level.