Just now, the chairman of the Kuomintang's Public Relations and Communication Committee, Wu Zongxian, vice-chairman Yin Naijing, and spokesperson Niu Xuting held a press conference today to explain the Kuomintang's three positions on the arms procurement case. Wu Zongxian pointed out that the current U.S. arms procurement offer to Taiwan is about 350 billion New Taiwan dollars, and there will be another procurement offer in the future, and the Legislative Yuan will support it quickly and broadly. In addition, this arms procurement plus logistics costs are estimated to cost about 5 trillion New Taiwan dollars.
Niu Xuting pointed out that the 1.25 trillion New Taiwan dollar arms procurement case has raised concerns about Taiwan's financial burden. If the entire package review is forcing the opposition party to give blank authorization, the Kuomintang generally supports handling it in installments. If the U.S. continues to issue offers, our side will quickly and broadly review it, which will not neglect the enhancement of combat power, nor create a supervision loophole.
Regarding the scale of the arms procurement budget version? Because so far, multiple Kuomintang legislators have said they have not seen the think tank version, Wu Zongxian responded that the Kuomintang and the party group have reached a consensus. Each weapon procurement must obtain an offer, and the current offer from the U.S. side is about 350 billion New Taiwan dollars, while the other 900 billion is unknown what to procure, and the authorities have forced the opposition party to swallow it.
Original text: toutiao.com/article/1858785683331328/
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