KMT Defends Cuts, While DPP Calls Them Irrational

KMT defends cuts, while DPP calls them irrational

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Cabinet traded barbs over cuts to the central government budget, with KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi saying that the 1.689 percent reduction to this year’s central government budget should be seen as a gesture of “great goodwill,” while the Cabinet described t

KMT, Cabinet trade barbs over cuts to central government budget

Taipei, Aug. 15 (CNA) Main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) caucus leader Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁)has said a 1.689 percent reduction to the 2026 central government budget should be seen as a gesture of "great goodwill," despite the Cabinet describing the opposition-controlled Legislature's cuts as "irrational."