Page 47 - Broadcasting Corp News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Recent events suggest that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is getting better at playing the political game of cat and mouse at the Legislative Yuan, as it makes calculated moves and watches the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) play into its game. Following the results of the four referendums last month, which all went its way, the DPP has wasted no time, bypassing a series of committee reviews and forwarding the government’s budget for fiscal 2022 to a second reading at the legislature. The move was met with outrage from the KMT, which had been holding up the review process. Caught off...

At a public event, former minister of health and welfare Yaung Chih-liang not only accused President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of forging her doctoral degree, but also encouraged Taiwan’s law enforcement officials to arrest her, citing the death of former South Korean president Park Chung-hee, who was assassinated by his spy chief. He even prompted the audience to say the word “assassination,” so he could sidestep saying it. Taiwan is a democratic country where people enjoy freedom of speech, and the governing party is often subjected to public appraisal and oversight. However, freedom of...

FINAL PUSH: Media personality Jaw Shaw-kong called the referendums a test of President Tsai’s public support, urging voters to go to the polls no matter the weatherBy Chien Hui-ju, Su Chin-feng and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer

Political parties yesterday ramped up their referendum campaigns ahead of today’s vote, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) asking supporters to vote “no” on all four questions, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) urged supporters to vote “yes.” On the ballot are questions related to banning imports of pork containing the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocating a liquefied natural gas terminal project off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), restarting construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and hold...

The Chinese-language news Web site Formosa last month published a poll showing that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had an approval rating of 48.9 percent, an increase of 4.1 percent over a previous survey, while its disapproval rating was 42.2 percent, a decrease of 3.1 percent. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) had an approval rating of just 27.8 percent, down 3.9 percent, while its disapproval rating was 59.1 percent, a 3.5 percent increase. Basically, the DPP has a far higher approval rating than the KMT, by a margin of 21.1 percent, while its disapproval rating was 16.9 percentag...