week1-Sunflower Student Movement

Sunflower Student Movement

 On March 17, Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party (KMT), attempted a unilateral move in the Legislative Yuan to force the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement to the legislative floor without giving it a clause-by-clause review as previously established in a June 2013 agreement with the opposing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Previously, in September 2013, the two parties had agreed to hold 16 public hearings over the details of the trade agreement with academics, NGOs and representatives of trade sectors impacted by the agreement. The KMT had chaired eight public hearings within a week, and several members of social groups, NGOs, and business representatives from impacted industries were either not invited or were informed at the last minute. When academics and business sector representatives gave their opinions at the hearings, the presiding chair of the legislature’s Internal Administrative Committee, KMT legislator Chang Ching-chung, said the agreement had to be adopted in its entirety and could not be amended.^[25] Legislative gridlock followed, as the opposing DPP had not completed the eight hearings they had agreed to chair by March 17. Chang, citing Article 61 of the Legislative Yuan Functions Act, announced that the review process had gone beyond the 90 days allotted for review. The agreement, in the KMT's view, should therefore be considered reviewed and should be submitted to a plenary session on March 21 for a final vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement
Who-Kuomintang party (KMT)
When-March 17
What-Legislative Yuan to force the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement to the legislative floor without giving it a clause-by-clause review
Why-Not given
Where-Taiwan
How-Not given

Unilateral (n.) 單方面

Legislative Yuan (n.) 立法院

Kuomintang party (n.) 國民黨

Democratic Progressive Party (n.)民進黨

Gridlock (n.) 僵局

Allot (v.) 配發
Plenary (adj.) 全體
Session (n.) 會議