President Lai Ching-te announced a general cash distribution of NT$10,000. The Kuomintang advocated increasing the amount to NT$20,000. Executive President Toh Wing-tai emphasized the three principles.

President Lai Ching-te announced on August 17 that universal cash payment will be NT$10,000 next year, and the Kuomintang Legislative Yuan caucus advocates increasing the amount to NT$20,000. Executive President Toh Wing-tai stressed today that everything must follow procedures, but must also take into account the three principles of national fiscal discipline, not excluding the budget that has been compiled, and not borrowing money.

Zhuo Rongtai accepted a joint interview with the media this morning before attending the "47th Taipower Company Employees Joint Wedding in 2015".

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The Kuomintang Legislative Yuan Caucus proposed a draft of the "Special Regulations on Sharing Economic Achievements for All and Stabilizing People's Livelihoods", increasing the amount of universal cash to NT$20,000, and plans to pay a second reading after the National Day.

In this regard, Zhuo Rongtai said that everything should be done according to procedures, but the country's fiscal discipline must also be taken into consideration, and it cannot be excluded from the 2015 Central Government General Budget Supplementary Budget and the 2016 Central Government General Budget.

Zhuo Rongtai said that he hopes that in the process of reviewing the central government's general budget, all people will support the principle of no borrowing, that is, the government will not borrow money, and everyone will feel more comfortable receiving 10,000 yuan. These three principles must be taken into consideration at the same time.

In addition, KMT legislators questioned whether Zhuo Rongtai shared the "Ocean Current Crew Certificate" of DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang in the Legislative Yuan on the 2nd, which may violate Article 50 of the Public Servants Election and Recall Law and Article 20 of the Civil Service Law. Zhuo Yongtai responded that he was not displaying his "Ocean Current Crew Certificate" publicly, but that some legislators wanted to take pictures with him, and the picture was the wallpaper of his mobile phone.

Executive Yuan spokesperson Lee Wai-chi yesterday clarified through the media group that Zhuo Rongtai shared the standby screen settings of personal mobile phones with individual legislators during a break in the Legislative Yuan. It had nothing to do with official matters and did not violate the relevant provisions of the election and recall law.