In Taiwan, an elected official flees parliament after tearing up ballot papers from a bill

TAIWAN – They couldn't stop him from walking through the doors of Parliament, bundle of papers in his arms. On Friday, May 17, Taiwan's parliament was the scene of a chaotic and moonlit scene: after a fight broke out between lawmakers, one of them seized ballot papers for a bill before running away with it.

This scene came just days before the inauguration of Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's new president. The atmosphere inside Parliament was very tense as the 113 elected officials discussed a law aimed at giving representatives more powers to oversee the work of the government.

Specifically, it should strengthen Parliament's power over the executive, create the offense of contempt of Parliament and specify that the President must appear before it every year to report on the state of the nation.

“Kuo Guowen turns into a thief”

But even before voting began, some representatives began shoving and screaming outside the Legislative Council and inside Parliament. Video clips of these scenes were broadcast on social networking sites. Members of Parliament can be seen surrounding the Speaker's seat, some jumping over tables and dragging other elected officials to the floor.

During this great chaos, an elected official from the presidential party, the Democratic Progressive Party, Ko Ko Win, violently snatched the ballot papers from the hand of another MP before fleeing. We can see him escaping from the hands of his colleagues and heading out the door. “Kuo Guowen turns into a thief” Featured in local media CTI News.

As reported by the Taiwan News Agency Central News AgencyThe People's Democratic Party denounced “The undemocratic procedure, the unconstitutional content, the cruel and brutal methods.” From his opponents.

according to International mailAfter these quarrels in Parliament, six representatives ended up in the emergency room.

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