TAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s $40 billion defense spending plan will be reviewed in parliament after an opposition party on Wednesday did a U-turn and agreed to send the contentious bill to committee.
Lai’s proposal was stalled for two months as lawmakers from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), which together control parliament, refused to consider it without concessions from the government.
The TPP caucus has agreed to send the government’s version of the special legislation to committee for joint review, the party said in a statement.
KMT chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, however, vowed Wednesday that her party “will not relent.”
Parliament is currently in recess and will resume on February 24.
