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Budget decision postponed again
Lawmakers remain deadlocked over the government's general budget for next year after another round of cross-party caucus negotiations broke down with little headway being made.
The three-hour talks resulted in an agreement that Premier Cho Jung-tai and other cabinet officials will present the budget proposal on the legislative floor and take questions from lawmakers on 1 November and 5 November. The three party caucuses also agreed to resume efforts to end the budget impasse after the cabinet presentations.
Legislative review of the NT$3.13 trillion general budget proposal presented by the cabinet has now been in limbo for weeks now.
The main issue is the opposition caucuses' rejection of the cabinet's compensation plan for the logging ban, on grounds that there were deficiencies in the proposal.
The issue has kept the budget proposal presented by the cabinet from passing its first reading since the new legislative session began on 20 September.
