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HEADS-UP TO THE KMT: WHY THE BOTCHED BUDGETING COMPILATION AND POLITICAL IMPASSE IN THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN MAY BE MORE COSTLY FOR THE KUOMINTANG?

In this article, I argue that although the leading opposition party, Kuomintang (KMT), alongside the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), have been enjoying their upper hand influence in the Parliament, ultimately it would be the KMT that will suffer more substantial short-and-long term political backlash vis-à-vis the TPP. It is fair to say that the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan’s parliament body, has been displaying its very worst since the end of Martial Law in 1987.