The Legislative Judiciary and Organic Laws Committee has voted to call on the
Control Yuan to initiate impeachment proceedings against Premier Cho Jung-tai
over his refusal to countersign the Act Governing the Allocation of
Government Revenues and Expenditures.

The censure was proposed by K-M-T lawmakers Lo Chih-chiang and Wang Hung-wei
and Taiwan People's Party chairman and lawmaker Huang Kuo-chang.

According to the three lawmakers, under longstanding interpretations by the
Constitutional Court, Article 37 of the Constitution serves as "a check on
presidential authority."

They say both the Premier and President Lai Ching-te "distorted the
constitutional meaning of Article 37" by refusing to enact and countersign
the Act ...

.. and the three lawmakers argue that the if the executive branch can
"arbitrarily overturn laws" passed by the Legislative Yuan and "usurp the
judicial power to decide constitutionality," the principle of separation of
powers would collapse.

Prior to voting on the proposal, the committee invited Cabinet
Secretary-General Xavier Chang as well as officials from the Judicial Yuan
and Ministry of Justice, to give a special report on constitutional issues
arising from the Cabinet's response to the amendments.

The Legislative Yuan will now submit the committee resolution to the Control
Yuan.