Blue and White passed the exemption of health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old. Zhuo Rongtai criticized Han Guoyu: It is unconstitutional to allow the opposition party to take the lead.

The Legislative Yuan passed the 22nd amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Law" on the third reading today (16th), which provides for the central government to fully subsidize the health insurance premiums of the elderly whose comprehensive income tax rate does not reach 20%. In this regard, Executive President Zhuo Yongtai said in an interview this evening (16th) that before the third reading in the morning, he asked Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu to abide by the Constitution. However, it is very regrettable that Hanguo Yu ignored the Constitution and the law, and allowed all the legislators of the opposition parties to take the lead in violating the constitution. The Executive Yuan expressed its greatest regret and strongest protest.

Zhuo Rongtai said that if the "Elderly Welfare Law" amended and passed today is followed, the government will have to increase its budget by 40 billion yuan every year in the future. With the aging of the population, the annual budget increase will be very large in the future. This will put a greater burden on all young and middle-aged people who bear health insurance, resulting in generational unfairness. At the same time, it will inevitably affect the government budget and crowd out other social welfare and public services, which is quite inappropriate.

Zhuo Rongtai said that this morning at the Legislative Yuan, he personally told Han Guoyu that he must abide by the spirit and provisions of Article 70 of the Constitution and Article 91 of the Budget Law. Article 91 of the Budget Law clearly states, “If a legislative member proposes a bill that significantly increases the annual expenditure or reduces the annual revenue, the Executive Yuan shall be consulted first to specify the source of supplementary funds; when necessary, amendments to other laws shall also be proposed at the same time.”

Zhuo Rongtai emphasized that in the past two years or so, the Legislative Yuan has never followed the spirit of Article 70 of the Constitution and Article 91 of the Budget Law. The Executive Yuan was not consulted at all regarding the forced passage of the legislative amendments today. Moreover, he asked Han Guoyu in the morning. Consultation is a formal consultation between the dean and the dean. He regretted very much that Han Kuo-yu ignored the Constitution and the entire law, and allowed all opposition party legislators to take the lead in violating the constitution. The Executive Yuan would like to express its greatest regret and its strongest protest.

As for the "Special Bill on Sharing Economic Achievements and Stabilizing People's Livelihoods for All" proposed by the Kuomintang group, it clearly stipulates that universal cash payment of NT$20,000 will be made available to all. The Legislative Yuan will hold its second reading today. Regarding this, Zhuo Rongtai said that the principle is the same. We have already scheduled a budget related to the AI ​​bonus of 10,000 yuan. This will not cause crowding out, nor will it require borrowing. The government will rely on its financial capacity. If the opposition parties in Congress completely ignore the national finances, they are destroying the national finances. "Everyone knows that the Executive Yuan has only one approach."