Taiwan's Special Defense Budget Faces Funding Hurdles
En resumen
- Taiwan's legislature approved a reduced NT$780 billion defense budget in May.
- Efforts to revive a larger, rejected NT$1.25 trillion package face funding disagreements between the cabinet and defense ministry, according to unnamed officials.
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Por qué importa
Taiwan's legislature approved a reduced NT$780 billion special defense budget in May, rejecting a larger NT$1.25 trillion package. The military sought to revive the dropped program through supplementary or annual budgets.
The island’s opposition-controlled legislature approved a reduced NT$780 billion (over US$24 billion) special defence budget in May, rejecting a larger NT$1.25 trillion package proposed by the government.
After the programme was dropped, the military sought to revive it either through a supplementary budget this year or by incorporating it into the annual defence budget next year.
But differences between the cabinet and the defence ministry have prevented agreement on an alternative funding mechanism, Taiwan’s Liberty Times quoted unnamed senior government officials as saying on Monday.
Preguntas abiertas
- Will an agreement be reached on funding?
- What is the impact of the delay?
