The Legislative Yuan returns the letter to the Presidential Palace. Zhuo Rongtai: Respect the temporary suspension of salary but never set an evil example

Executive President Zhuo Rongtai attended the General Policy Questionnaire of the Legislative Yuan on the 2nd and took the stage to prepare questions.

The Legislative Yuan approved this year's central government's general budget in three readings a month ago. President Lai Ching-te also officially announced that the Constitution guarantees the right to work in public service and that the Legislative Yuan should not delete the freeze on statutory personnel expenses. However, Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu announced at the Yuan meeting today that the letter from the Presidential Palace will be sent to the Legislative Yuan for review and the case will be "returned to the Procedural Committee and re-proposed." Regarding the freeze on his own salary, Executive President Toh Wing-tai stressed that he respects the Legislative Yuan's ability to temporarily withhold salary, but this case must not be allowed, otherwise it will impact the rights and interests of civil servants across the country.

The Legislative Yuan held its first meeting of the new session today (2nd), and invited Executive President Zhuo Rongtai to attend the general policy report and prepare questions.

The Legislative Yuan passed the 2015 Central Government General Budget on August 14, freezing the salary of Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai from September to December, and deleting the improper treatment of political personnel of the Party Property Disposal Committee. Lai Qingde officially announced it on September 18.

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhuang Ruixiong said that he has been friends with Executive President Zhuo Rongtai for more than 30 years, but he ridiculed the Legislative Yuan's resolution to freeze Zhuo Kui's salary as "quite naive" and bluntly said that the Executive Yuan will not stop operating because of this. He even said that if Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu's salary is cut, there will be "no end." He further pointed out that the law clearly stipulates the remuneration of civil servants, and the salaries of deans, including deans, are protected by the "Budget Law". The Legislative Yuan only has the power to supervise and delete "emerging capital or emerging projects", and asked the Political Yuan about its attitude.

"I respect the Legislative Yuan, but I respect the law even more," Executive President Zhuo Yongtai said bluntly. This will not only affect central and local administrative department officials, but also matters such as the payment of health insurance premiums and the allocation of pension funds. He emphasized that he can temporarily not receive salary, but "will not let this example set such a bad example."