Lawmakers clashed in Taiwan's legislature on Friday over three controversial bills being pushed through by the Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang. The bills include one that critics argue would paralyze the Constitutional Court, another that would tighten requirements for voter petitions to recall elected officials, and a third that would redistribute tax revenues to local governments.
The Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, opposing these bills, took extreme measures by breaking into the legislature building overnight to occupy the speaker's chair. They barricaded the area with chairs to block access, leading to a physical confrontation when members of the Kuomintang forced their way in to evict them.
