Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu announced that the investigation case of Pan Mengan, Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, was returned to the procedural committee and re-submitted.
Quick Look
- President Lai Qingde announced the general budget of the central government for 2015 and instructed that personnel expenses are statutory funds and should not be deleted or frozen by the Legislative Yuan.
- Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu announced in the Senate meeting on the 2nd that the license inspection case sent by Secretary-General of the Presidential Office Pan Meng'an was returned to the Procedural Committee and re-introduced.
- On the same day, the Legislative Yuan passed a budget bill that froze the salary of Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai from September to December and deleted the improper treatment of government officials of the Party Assets Disposal Committee.
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Why It Matters
President Lai Qingde announced the general budget of the central government for 2015 and instructed that personnel expenses are statutory funds and should not be deleted or frozen by the Legislative Yuan. The Legislative Yuan passed a budget bill on August 14, freezing the salary of Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai from September to December and deleting inappropriate treatment for political personnel of the Party Assets Disposal Committee.
Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu presided over the meeting on the 2nd. (Photo by reporter Tu Jianrong)
President Lai Qingde announced the general budget of the central government for 2015 last month and instructed that the Constitution guarantees the right to work in public service. Personnel expenses are statutory funds and should not be deleted or frozen by the Legislative Yuan. However, when the Legislative Yuan met today (2nd) to handle the investigation case sent to the Legislative Yuan by Secretary-General of the Presidential Office Pan Meng'an, Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu, who presided over the meeting, announced that the case was "returned to the procedural committee and re-raised."
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.
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The Presidential Office stated that in order to protect the rights and interests of civil servants and ensure that agencies administer according to law, President Lai made two points in the announcement: First, the Constitution guarantees the right to work in public service, personnel expenses are statutory funds, and the Legislative Yuan should not delete or freeze them; second, before the central government’s general budget is announced, the relevant funds implemented by various agencies in accordance with Article 54 of the Budget Law are legal expenditures and are allowed to be properly handled.
When the Legislative Yuan was dealing with the report matter today, Hanguo-yu announced that the case would be returned to the procedural committee and re-presented.
In addition, the Central Election Commission reviewed the referendum proposals of the Legislative Yuan on August 28, and the two proposals "to introduce caning into law" and "to improve road safety exclusively for traffic fines" were rejected. In response to the investigation of the two aforementioned cases sent by the winning election committee, the proposal of the Kuomintang League was changed to a review case and submitted to the relevant committee for review; the case of investigation of the Executive Yuan's letter of "the government's specific actions to strengthen the protection of the military, public education," and a written report was also transferred to the relevant committee for review by the Kuomintang League's proposal.
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What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The procedure committee will re-examine the investigation case and may return it to the hospital for a vote
Likely · Within weeks
The Kuomintang group will continue to promote the review process of relevant referendum proposals
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- After the investigation case is resubmitted, how will the procedure committee handle it?
- What are the specific contents of the Kuomintang League proposal to be turned into a review case?
- What are the Executive Yuan’s follow-up measures to freeze and reduce the budget?
