Taiwan government accused of trying to ‘bypass legislature’ amid bitter row

Taiwan government accused of trying to ‘bypass legislature’ amid bitter row

The Taiwanese government has sparked fresh controversy by refusing to enforce amendments passed by the opposition-controlled legislature about local government funding. The move risks deepening a political stand-off and has drawn criticism that the island’s leader William Lai Ching-te was “bypassing the legislature when you can’t win”. The dispute centres on revisions to a law about how the central government distributes revenue to local authori…