Lawmakers have clashed in Taiwan’s legislature after members of a leading political party broke into the building overnight to occupy the speaker’s chair.
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) (in white) brawl over the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
Fri Dec 20 2024 - 15:29
The clash occurred when members of another major party forced their way in Friday morning to evict them. Taiwan media reports said some lawmakers were injured the tussles. At issue are three bills being pushed by the Nationalist Party, including one that critics say would paralyze the Constitutional Court. The Democratic Progressive Party was attempting to block any votes on the bills. Photos of the clash showed a crush of lawmakers pushing and shoving each other as Nationalist members forced their way in.
Taiwan opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin tries to break the lock to the Parliament after the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lock themselves inside overnight over the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) (in white) try to break into Parliament where Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) (in white) try to break into Parliament where Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) (in white) try to break into Parliament where Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) (in white) try to break into Parliament where Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Lawmakers of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) throw water to lawmakers of opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) after the DPP occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Taiwan opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Hsu Chiao-hsin (L) splashes water on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Wang Mei-hui after the DPP occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP
Taiwanese opposition lawmakers vote for a bill inside the Parliament building in Taipei, Taiwan, 20 December 2024. Thousands of protesters gathered outside Taipei's Legislative Yuan to voice their opposition to three contentious amendments, proposed by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party and Taiwan People's Party (TPP), that were up for vote, among them a revision to the Public Officials Election and Recall Act. Photograph: Richie B Tongo/EPA-EFE
Demonstrators gather during a protest against three bills proposed by Taiwan's opposition parties, outside the Parliament building in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Richie B Tongo/EPA-EFE
Demonstrators display placards during a protest against three bills proposed by Taiwan's opposition parties, outside the Parliament building in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Richie B Tongo/EPA-EFE
Demonstrators shout slogans and display placards during a protest against three bills proposed by Taiwan's opposition parties, outside the Parliament building in Taipei, Taiwan. Photograph: Richie B Tongo/EPA-EFE
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