Overview
- KMT and TPP leaders announced plans to impeach Lai after he declined to promulgate a revenue-allocation amendment.
- Opposition figures accuse Lai of breaching constitutional norms after Premier Cho Jung-tai refused to countersign the bill.
- The effort lacks the required two-thirds support, with the opposition holding about 60 of 113 seats versus the 76 needed.
- Taiwan’s Constitutional Court currently has only eight justices, below the quorum required to adjudicate an impeachment.
- The Presidential Office said it respects actions taken within constitutional bounds, while an online petition reportedly drew over five million signatures within a day.