National Defense Special Act Bill to be Voted on Today at Earliest; Cho Jung-tai Hopes Parliament Makes Wise Choice
Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai urged the Legislative Yuan to make a wise choice as the National Defense Special Act bill is expected to be voted on today. He called on the Kuomintang to respect the autonomy of its party caucus and not impede the autonomous development of the defense industry, emphasizing the importance of upgrading Taiwan's military industry and its role in the international democratic supply chain.
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Yang-yu, Taipei, 8th) The Legislative Yuan is expected to vote on the National Defense Special Act bill as early as today. Premier Cho Jung-tai stated in an interview that he hopes the parliament can make the wisest choice, and he expects the Kuomintang (KMT) party headquarters to allow its party caucus to act autonomously, also enabling the autonomous development of the defense industry.
The Legislative Yuan continued its general interpellation session this morning. Before the session, Cho Jung-tai was interviewed by the media and made the above statement regarding issues such as the opposition's preference for a NT$800 billion version of the National Defense Special Act bill.
Cho Jung-tai said that today might be a very critical moment, and he hopes the parliament can make the wisest choice.
Cho Jung-tai then added that at this moment, he wants to ask the KMT party headquarters whether it wants to allow its party caucus to act autonomously or revert to the old path of party leading politics; whether it wants to allow the defense industry to be autonomous or continue to hinder the upgrade of the local military industry.
Cho Jung-tai stated that recently, there have been many advanced KMT legislators within the Legislative Yuan party caucus who have a high national perspective and national consciousness regarding the National Defense Special Act bill and the special budget, but their voices cannot be normally discussed in parliament due to suppression from the KMT party headquarters.
Cho Jung-tai pointed out that party caucus autonomy has always been the spirit of party caucuses for all parties, both ruling and opposition. He hopes that they will not revert to the old path of party leading politics, because that is an anti-democratic and dangerous old path.
In addition, Cho Jung-tai stated that for so many years, when has Taiwan ever had this opportunity to discuss participating in the autonomous development of military-industrial related industries? Because Taiwan has a leading position in high technology, and also because of the demand in the democratic supply chain, Taiwan has vast, highly efficient productivity, distributed across various fields and counties and cities, all with autonomous local industries related to military-industrial industries. They all eagerly await greater government assistance to jointly develop the autonomous defense industry.
Cho Jung-tai then said that if the National Defense Special Act bill and special budget cannot include this part, then the government's strength will be limited, support will be limited, and development will be restricted. In this way, Taiwan's role in the world's democratic supply chain will be questioned, which is a very serious matter.
Cho Jung-tai stated that he expects the KMT party headquarters to let its party caucus act autonomously and also allow the defense industry to develop autonomously. This is the path the country should take. (Editor: Zhang Liangzhi) 1150508
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Yang-yu, Taipei, 8th) The Legislative Yuan is expected to vote on the National Defense Special Act bill as early as today. Premier Cho Jung-tai stated in an interview that he hopes the parliament can make the wisest choice, and he expects the Kuomintang (KMT) party headquarters to allow its party caucus to act autonomously, also enabling the autonomous development of the defense industry.
The Legislative Yuan continued its general interpellation session this morning. Before the session, Cho Jung-tai was interviewed by the media and made the above statement regarding issues such as the opposition's preference for a NT$800 billion version of the National Defense Special Act bill.
Cho Jung-tai said that today might be a very critical moment, and he hopes the parliament can make the wisest choice.
Cho Jung-tai then added that at this moment, he wants to ask the KMT party headquarters whether it wants to allow its party caucus to act autonomously or revert to the old path of party leading politics; whether it wants to allow the defense industry to be autonomous or continue to hinder the upgrade of the local military industry.
Cho Jung-tai stated that recently, there have been many advanced KMT legislators within the Legislative Yuan party caucus who have a high national perspective and national consciousness regarding the National Defense Special Act bill and the special budget, but their voices cannot be normally discussed in parliament due to suppression from the KMT party headquarters.
Cho Jung-tai pointed out that party caucus autonomy has always been the spirit of party caucuses for all parties, both ruling and opposition. He hopes that they will not revert to the old path of party leading politics, because that is an anti-democratic and dangerous old path.
In addition, Cho Jung-tai stated that for so many years, when has Taiwan ever had this opportunity to discuss participating in the autonomous development of military-industrial related industries? Because Taiwan has a leading position in high technology, and also because of the demand in the democratic supply chain, Taiwan has vast, highly efficient productivity, distributed across various fields and counties and cities, all with autonomous local industries related to military-industrial industries. They all eagerly await greater government assistance to jointly develop the autonomous defense industry.
Cho Jung-tai then said that if the National Defense Special Act bill and special budget cannot include this part, then the government's strength will be limited, support will be limited, and development will be restricted. In this way, Taiwan's role in the world's democratic supply chain will be questioned, which is a very serious matter.
Cho Jung-tai stated that he expects the KMT party headquarters to let its party caucus act autonomously and also allow the defense industry to develop autonomously. This is the path the country should take. (Editor: Zhang Liangzhi) 1150508
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