Premier Chang San-cheng is calling on the legislature to give a priority to important draft bills chosen by the administration. Chang was speaking Friday during an interview with a local radio station.
Chang said the Cabinet has selected fewer than 30 of the 149 ones submitted to the legislature on Monday for review. He said the legislature will not be able to review all of them during the current session.
Chang said proposed legislation under review includes bills governing long-term care for the elderly and the oversight of cross-strait agreements.
Chang was asked whether the controversial view of cross-strait relations as “special state-to-state ties” should be included in the text of a bill on cross-strait agreements. Chang said more thoughts are needed.
“I think [China’s] stance should be taken into consideration unless [Taiwan] has no plans to speak with China in the next few years," said Chang.
"[We] must adopt a pragmatic approach. What is pragmatic? How do we gauge [pragmatism]? Of course, that’s up for the Democratic Progressive Party and its Chairwoman Tsai [Ing-wen] to decide.”
The term “special state-to-state ties” was first coined by then President Lee Teng-hui in 1999. China considers Taiwan part of its territory, and is strongly opposed to this characterization of cross-strait relations.