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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Erin Hale

Why are some Taiwanese afraid of giving legislators more power?

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Taiwan's parliament in May 2024 to protest government reform bills [File: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP]

Taiwan’s constitutional court will rule today on whether controversial reforms of government oversight laws are constitutional.

The reforms were passed earlier this year at the legislature in a highly contentious move that led to brawling between legislators – something of a Taiwanese tradition – and the largest mass protests in a decade.

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