Taiwan Opposition Initiates Impeachment Proceedings Against President Lai

📌Key Points

• •Taiwan's opposition parties, the KMT and TPP, have initiated impeachment proceedings against President Lai Ching-te and Premier Cho Jung-tai.
• •The impeachment vote is scheduled for May 19 next year but is widely expected to fail due to the opposition lacking the necessary two-thirds legislative majority.
• •The opposition accuses President Lai of violating constitutional checks by refusing to implement an amendment that would shift fiscal revenue to local governments.
• •Observers view the bid as largely symbolic, aimed at registering protest and humiliating the president amid a period of legislative deadlock and political polarization.
• •Even if it cleared the legislature, the Constitutional Court, whose judges were appointed by the previous DPP president, is unlikely to rule in the opposition's favor.
• •No Taiwan president has been impeached since the island transitioned to democracy in the 1990s.