Taipei, Jan. 18 (CNA) A constitutional amendment that would see the voting age in Taiwan lowered to 18 from 20 passed the committee review stage at the Legislative Yuan Tuesday.
Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan on Wednesday began a three-week extra session to discuss two budget plans, constitutional reform, and other bills that aim to address issues such as drunk driving and a proposed Hsinchu City-Hsinchu County merger.
The Legislative Yuan yesterday began a three-week extra session to discuss two budget plans, constitutional reform and other bills that aim to address issues such as drunk driving and a proposed Hsinchu city and county merger.
The special session, which is to last through Jan. 28, began yesterday afternoon after it was pushed through by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on a 60-to-35 vote earlier that day.
The DPP also used its majority to pass its proposed agenda for the special session by a 57-39 margin, while rejecting other agendas submitted by the opposition parties.
The extra session was being held primarily
Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court has ordered a halt to the legal proceedings of a case in which a transgender woman has requested the gender on her ID card to be changed from male to female, and decided to apply for a constitutional interpretation on the issue.
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) Double Ten National Day address was meant to highlight that the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan has been shaped by various forerunners, Academia Historica President Chen Yi-shen (陳儀深) said, after the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) accused Tsai of contravening the Constitution.
In her speech on Oct. 10, Tsai said that “the Republic of China came to Taiwan in 1949, 72 years ago,” and called on people to adhere to four commitments.
“Let us here renew with one another our enduring commitment to a free and democratic constitutional system, our commitment that the Republic of China and the