The latest general budget to be passed in history has blocked national defense. More than 150 unfrozen bills of the Ministry of National Defense have not been scheduled for review by the Legislative Yuan.

The Executive Yuan proposed this year's central government general budget in late August last year. After a delay of 35 days, the third reading was completed in the Legislative Yuan on August 14 this year, setting a record. However, the Legislative Yuan continued to delay and did not send the results of the third reading to the Executive Yuan until September 17. Finally, the Presidential Office issued a presidential decree on September 18. However, since the beginning of this session, there have been more than 1,500 budget unfreezing bills pending for review by the Ministry of National Defense, and there is a serious traffic jam. None of the budget unfreezing cases have been unfrozen. The National Defense Committee convening committee has not yet arranged an agenda for unfreezing the budget.

The unfrozen budget for the Ministry of National Defense is still a thorn in the side. Xu Qiaoxin and Wang Yichuan, conveners of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of both the Kuomintang and the Democratic Party, have not arranged the agenda for the unfrozen budget of the Ministry of National Defense. Xu explained yesterday that she is responsible for handling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council and other ministries, and they have already communicated with each other and will arrange the unfreezing case as soon as possible. The Ministry of National Defense really has nothing to do with her. "Wang Yichuan has not arranged it, and I can't do anything about him." Wang Yichuan said that the schedule was confirmed with various ministries last week, and business reports and unfrozen cases will be arranged in order.

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This year's central government general budget was delayed for nearly a year before it was passed in third reading, seriously affecting government operations. In addition to the budget delays for emerging capital expenditures and new projects that could not be spent for more than eight months, Blue and White also proposed a number of general budget freezes, which require special project reports or written reports before they can be spent. However, there are only more than two months left in this year, and the committees of the Legislative Yuan have a tight schedule. It is still unknown whether the freeze can be successfully thawed and whether there will still be time for implementation after the thaw.

Ma Wenjun freezes Army ambulance maintenance premiums

Among the hundreds of unfreezing cases of the Ministry of National Defense, one case was proposed by Kuomintang legislator Ma Wenjun. She requested that the maintenance procurement cost of 559 ambulances of the Army this year be frozen at 5 million yuan. The funds can only be spent after the Ministry of National Defense submits a written report and is approved. Unexpectedly, after the Ministry of National Defense issued a written report to the Legislative Yuan on the 23rd of last month, the National Defense Foreign Affairs Committee has not yet scheduled an unfreezing review. The Ministry of National Defense warned that if the budget is not unfrozen, maintenance operations will not go smoothly, which will affect the maintenance of vehicles and the ability to deliver ambulances.

In addition, the National Army uses the Taiwan Tactical Network (TTN) and the Force Awareness Application Kit (TAK) to establish a common image and decentralized management energy for ground forces. Legislators questioned the concerns and institutional risks of binding specifications and froze it. Budget of more than 200 million yuan. In the latest written report sent to the Legislative Yuan, the Army Command warned that if the budget is frozen, it will make it impossible to provide immediate support among combat, combat support and reserve forces, which will be detrimental to the tactical operations and application of each unit. There is an "urgent need" for related funds, and it hopes the Legislative Yuan will agree to unfreeze.

The Army explained that the TAK device has been deployed in batches by ground troops at the brigade, battalion and company levels for tactical use since last year, and has been used in conjunction with various annual exercises and disaster relief actual combat verification. Subsequent exercise experience will be compiled and provided to the Ministry of National Defense for reference as a basis for software improvement and research and improvement.