Han Kuo-yu’s National Day speech was again criticized for not countersigning it. Political Yuan: Political offense and defense stigmatizes the constitutional mechanism

The National Day Convention was grandly held in front of the Presidential Palace today (10th). Legislative President and Assembly Chairman Han Kuo-yu, in front of President Lai Ching-te and Executive Yuan Zhuo Rongtai, bluntly said that Lai has political mysophobia, but there is no way to resolve the conflict between legislation and administration. He also mentioned that Zhuo did not countersign the legal bill passed by the Legislative Yuan. In this regard, the Executive Yuan emphasized that constitutional mechanisms should not be stigmatized for political offense and defense.

Li Huizhi said that the executive and legislative chambers are constitutional organs. They exercise their powers in accordance with the constitution and should respect each other's powers and jointly safeguard the constitutional order. No party should cross the boundaries of the constitution, nor should it stigmatize the constitutional mechanism for political offense and defense.

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Li Huizhi said that Article 37 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that the president’s promulgation of laws and orders must be counter-signed by the President of the Executive Yuan. The Executive Yuan exercises the power of counter-signature in accordance with the Constitution and also shoulders the responsibility of guarding the Constitution and maintaining constitutional order.

Li Huizhi pointed out that three of the eight cases that were not countersigned in the past (Radio and Television Law, Cable Radio and Television Law, and Satellite Radio and Television Law Amendment) were not countersigned. This was to prevent the party, government and military from intervening in the media, ensure that the restrictions and supervision of media companies invested by the party and government military were consistent and standardized, and avoid law enforcement disputes.

Another two cases are unconstitutional amendments to the law for specific cases (the Ordinance on the Disposal of Improper Acquisition of Property by Political Parties and Their Affiliated Organizations, and the Amendment to the Ordinance on the Reconstruction of Old Military Dependent Villages), and the contents of the amendments have violated the Constitution interpreted by the Supreme Court; two cases (Amendments to the Financial Planning Act, Taiwan's Children's Development and Future Accounts Ordinance) infringe on the budget power of the Executive Yuan and violate the principle of separation of powers in the Constitution; and one case (Amendment to the Legislative Yuan's Organizational Law) is an attempt to decriminalize the fraudulent receipt of assistant fees, which may cause loopholes in the current criminal law sanctions system.

Lee Huizhi emphasized that the Executive Yuan respects the powers of the Legislative Yuan, but when the amendment of the law goes against the constitutional order and democratic principles, the Executive Yuan, as the guardian of the constitutional government, must be passively defensive to maintain the separation of powers and checks and balances established by the Constitution and protect the country's free democratic constitutional order.