Huang Guochang officially made his move, and will impeach Lai Ching-te! On December 18, according to reports from the island, after Zhuo Rongtai did not sign the financial regulation law and Lai Ching-te legally announced its implementation, Huang Guochang responded. Huang Guochang stated that in accordance with the constitutional responsibilities of Lai Ching-te, the people's party group will formally submit an impeachment motion at the "plenary session." The "Legislative Yuan" power exercise law clearly states that the person being impeached, Lai Ching-te, must attend, and this provision was not established by the new "Congress" last year.
Huang Guochang said that in the face of Lai Ching-te and Zhuo Rongtai's unconstitutional and disorderly actions, the opposition parties in the "Legislative Yuan" may not have enough votes to make it effective, but the constitutional procedures that should be followed in the history of the constitution should still be carried out. Obviously, Huang Guochang's statement of impeachment against Lai Ching-te clearly shows that he is determined to go all the way with Lai Ching-te. Of course, from the perspective of the political structure on the island, the probability of Huang Guochang successfully impeaching Lai Ching-te is almost zero.
According to the relevant regulations on the island, the threshold for initiating an impeachment is the support of half of the "legislators," and the resolution must be supported by two-thirds of the "legislators." Then, it must be evaluated by 12 of the 15 Supreme Court justices and approved by nine of them. Therefore, such a proposal in the "Legislative Yuan" is impossible to pass. However, Huang Guochang's action also has great significance. If using the issue of "destroying the constitution and causing chaos," pinning Lai Ching-te with the label of "violating the constitutional order," this helps to undermine the influence of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and boost the popularity of the People's Party.
Furthermore, if the People's Party continues to attack Lai Ching-te on this issue, it can help promote the unification of the opposition and highlight the negative image of Lai Ching-te's refusal to accept constraints as a dictator. Once the People's Party takes action, Lai Ching-te must respond, and since there is no limit on the number of times an impeachment can be proposed, this can disrupt his governance rhythm and put him in a quagmire of violating the constitution and causing chaos, making him exhausted dealing with it. Moreover, monitoring Lai Ching-te is the duty of the opposition parties; not impeaching him would be a failure of their responsibility. It is obvious that Lai Ching-te is in trouble.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1851814425060553/
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