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Taiwan politicians scuffle during heated debate

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TAIPEI: Politicians scuffled in Taiwan’s parliament on Tuesday during a heated debate over how billions of dollar for an infrastructure development plan will be allocated.


Members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Nationalist party threw water and shoved each other to the floor of the legislature, according to video of the melee shown on Taiwan’s FTV network.


The DPP-backed Infrastructure Development Programme was approved this month and is aimed at bolstering domestic demand and rebalancing the island’s economy away from its reliance on exports.


The $12.6-billion plan was only half the size of the original stimulus plan announced by the cabinet in March, part of the DPP’s political compromise to get it through parliament.


Opposition lawmakers had criticised the original plan as going beyond the four-year term limit of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen and her party. — Reuters


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