Fighting in Taiwan parliament after opposition occupies chamber to protest against government 'tyranny'
TAIPEI - Fighting erupted in Taiwan’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang who had occupied it to protest against government “tyranny”.
More than 20 KMT lawmakers occupied the legislature overnight on Monday, blocking entry to the main chamber with chains and chairs, saying the government was trying to force through legislation and demanding the president withdraw the nomination of a close aide to a high-level watchdog. The KMT lawmakers eventually withdrew, but denounced their DPP counterparts for using violence against them.
The KMT said it was protesting the DPP and President Tsai Ing-wen’s forcing though bills and Tsai’s nomination of her senior aide Chen Chu to head the Control Yuan, an independent government watchdog, calling Tsai’s government “more tyrannical than before”.
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