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Updated Friday, July 9, 2010 9:10 am TWN, The China Post new staff ECFA sent for second readingThe motion to bypass the review was made yesterday by lawmakers of the ruling Kuomintang. The pro-China party maintained that the economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) should be viewed as a “semi-treaty,” which can be screened and approved in its entirety in the second reading. The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which required screening the articles in the ECFA clause-by-clause, issued a full mobilization order to ask all its lawmakers to attend. Although decisively outnumbered by the KMT to block the ECFA, the DPP threatened to stall the legislative process in order to prevent the trade deal from being passed. Clashes between KMT and DPP lawmakers began in the afternoon when the debate on the ECFA commenced. Legislator Wu Yu-sheng of the ruling Kuomintang was hospitalized after being hit in the face with a small clock thrown from a distance. “He was bleeding after he was hit in the corner of the eye, and doctors had to stitch him up,” Premier Wu Den-yih, also of the KMT, told reporters. Wu Yu-sheng ended up getting eight stitches at the National Taiwan University Hospital. DPP lawmaker Huang Wei-cher later apologized for launching the clock at Wu and said he would cover Wu's medical expenses. As chaos broke loose on the Legislature floor, he just grabbed something and threw it without aiming at anyone, Huang explained, adding that he did not know he had hit Wu. Huang said he felt sorry for hitting anyone. However, Huang attributed the chaos to the unfair presiding by the Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng of the KMT, saying that he and other DPP lawmakers was agitated at the time after their colleague Kuo Wen-cheng was thrown off the podium by a group of KMT lawmakers. Kuo was also sent to the hospital for treatment. “It hurt a lot,” he said. At least two more lawmakers reported minor injuries during the clash, which erupted immediately after the meeting started and meant there was no actual debate yesterday. Comments July 9, 2010 w.a.roeland@ Reply They call themselves ""lawmakers"', but they often behave like lawless hooligans in parliament. Politicians should be an example of correct behaviour and leadership towards their own nation and abroad and should not be downgraded to a bunch of vile ruffians who hate each others guts. They forget that the whole world is watching. Misbehaviour in parliament should be banned and offenders dismissed for life out of office. How can Taiwanese people be governed if their so called legislators cannot even control themselves! July 9, 2010 johnny.brian@ DPP is really a sour losers. Two things they can do are fight at legislature and rally against the government. In the end, they only want to prove they are pro-people and for the poor people. DO NOT VOTE FOR DPP because they are born LOSERS, FOOLS and ARROGANT. Pen Du! July 9, 2010 ludahai_twn@ Too bad Taiwan didn't have a proper revolution like Romania or other eastern bloc countries. They were able to clean out a lot of the relics of their former dictatorial past that Taiwan never did. Is it too late?Unfortunately, the KMT made off with a lot of state assets during the days of one-party rule and use that in order to bamboozle the public with their lies and buy votes at election time... Taiwan's democracy will remain dysfunctional until something is done about this relic of the one-party state. July 9, 2010 carltanong@ Yes. All DPP are all Pen Du. How could Mom Tsai govern a city or a nation if Mom Tsai cant control and discipline her own DPP legislators to behave, instead training them to wear headband like hoodlums climbing the podium like a wild animals. Shame on you Mom Tsai. We saw the DPP hoodlums gone amok inside the Legislative Yuan in the television breaking news again. SHAME_SHAME_SHAME!!! An advisory to all voters: Vote wisely. The DPP are unqualified to be your legislators. Those DPP are all HOODLUMS, GOONS and CORRUPTORS. Mom Tsai. Stop all your nonsense now. The peoples and our country need to live in a peaceful life and to survive with prosperity. Disband and dissolve your Devil Democratic Pendu LOSERS. Exiled yourself and bring all yours D P Pendu to south and Central America. July 9, 2010 kmtyay@ Totally agree with you johnny.brian. I think Taiwan is better off returning to our one-party martial law period of the 80s, where there isn't such parliamentary fighting and civil disobedience is dealt with strongly. Anyone who defies the rules (listen carefully DPP legislators...) will be sent to gulags until they are re-educated and reformed. Wait... hang on a minute, Taiwan will soon be part of PRC... and we can look forward to some peace and quiet in the parliament soon! YAY! Can't wait!! Long live KMT!!! *woot woot* July 9, 2010 alexand55@ "They (lawmakers) forget that the whole world is watching. "Don't worry, the world ISN'T watching Taiwan because the world couldn't care less. July 9, 2010 trevorwitcombe@ The total immaturity of Taiwanese people, in many situations , is so embarrassing!! What on earth do they think the rest of the world thinks when they see our so called "lawmakers" behaving like spoilt kids, who cannot have their own way? And what type of ROLE MODELS are these "bone-headed" idiots for the future generation?? Is this why so many of my students are unable to communicate unless they throw a tantrum, or worse still, say nothing? "Parents", and I use that word loosely, AND the entire older generation on this island, are basically raising a bunch of spoilt, self- centred, fat, lazy brats.........and scenes like this on TV only show how totally childish the "high- flying" , "professional" , lawmakers really are. July 9, 2010 the_alliance47@ The Legislative Yuan breaking out in fist fights has always been an embarrassment to democracy. The United States Congress does not break out in fights. If you want entertainment AND democracy, look at the UK Parliament. Their debates actually make politics look fun. July 10, 2010 linie_lin@ I think it will be a good idea to turn off the camera every time they fight. It’s so shameful to this country...the world can see that they are not smart, they are stupid, wild brats, unprofessional stupid lawmakers. July 14, 2010 dppzuck@ ludahai_twn@ wrote: ECFA already SIGNED, SHAME on YOU!!!Too bad Taiwan didn't have a proper revolution like Romania or other eastern bloc countries. They were able to clean out a lot of the relics of their former dictatorial past that Taiwan never did. Is it too late? Unfortunately, the KMT made off with a lot of state assets during the days of one-party rule and use that in order to bamboozle the public with their lies and buy votes at election time... Taiwan's democracy will remain dysfunctional until something is done about this relic of the one-party state. July 14, 2010 cigars898@ to: dppzuck@Why is it that no one in the KMT wants to come clean on all the stolen assets? Sure would satisfy a lot of people in Taiwan. Right the wrong. Instead we get people that reply with, " ECFA already SIGNED, SHAME on YOU!!!" What are you even talking about? Shame on someone wanting justice. People are all up in arms, and rightfully should be, about Chen and his corruption but the KMT is just as guilty and probably more so because it was done on such a broader scale. July 15, 2010 carltanong@ @cigars898dppzuck was right... "ECFA already SIGNED"_means both sides are pursuing Peace, Harmony and Prosperity. "SHAME on YOU"_means that the DPP who apply Hoodlums and Goons law above Rules of Law inside the LY created SHAME to our country and it was broadcast throughout the world. |
 Lawmakers from the ruling Kuomintang, in dark blue vests, and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, in beige vests, clash yesterday afternoon soon after the debate on the ECFA began. (CNA)
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