The head of Taiwan's legislature, Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang, says he pressed President Lai Ching-te to stop a campaign to recall dozens of opposition legislators. The two discussed how to end the country's current political impasse during an unprecedented meeting between the heads of Taiwan's five branches of government.
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00:00Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de has met with the heads of all five branches of government
00:04in a push to solve a political impasse.
00:08The only opposition figure among the five was the head of the legislature, Han Kuo-yu
00:12of the Kuomintang.
00:13He says he pressed the president to stop a campaign to recall dozens of opposition lawmakers.
00:19Han also said he'll discuss with the opposition-controlled legislature whether they could reconsider
00:24cuts to parts of the government budget.
00:27I urge the Executive Yuan not to propose a renegotiation of the central government budget.
00:31Under the premise of not proposing a renegotiation, can we find a viable path?
00:36I hope that President Lai Ching-de can stop the Great Depression.