(21 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taipei – 21 May 2024
1. Various of protesters on a road at the side of Taiwan’s Parliament chanting UPSOUND (Mandarin): “Recorded votes for all the drafts!” and “Reject all the drafts and review them!”
2. Mid of protesters applauding
3. Various of protesters on street near Parliament
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Sei Liu, 24-year-old university student:
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“I usually don’t care much about politics. But the presidential elections this year left me scared. And last Friday, people here could not see the content that the KMT and TPP lawmakers wanted to pass. One of them was to build a high speed rail through our central group of mountains, and to pass the legislation on contempt of Parliament. I think all of this is unreasonable, but the KMT and TPP form the majority, so these unreasonable drafts will likely pass. I thought that this is unacceptable. Then I saw on the internet that people were gathering here. So I came.”
5. Mid protesters chanting; UPSOUND (Mandarin): Taiwan’s Parliament should not become China’s National People’s Congress”
6. Close of a protester with sign
7. Wide of a protester shouting slogan; UPSOUND (Mandarin): “Reject the draft and review it again!”
8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Andrea Wang, 17-year-old senior high school student:
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“On May 17, at the parliament, we could see that they (parliamentarians) blocked all the entrances so that other lawmakers (of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party) could not come in speak or vote. And during voting, they had lawmakers raise their hands, a way that has not been used for very long. This is because they don’t want to take responsibilities (as opposed to recorded voting). I think this is very bad.”
9. Wide protester holding a sign that reads “There is no democracy without discussion” in English
10. Wide protester holding a sign that reads “There is no democracy without discussion” in Mandarin
STORYLINE:
Thousands of protesters gathered outside Taiwan’s Parliament on Tuesday to demonstrate against attempts by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) to pass controversial bills days earlier.
The two opposition parties together hold enough seats to form a majority to push for the bills that aim to expand Parliament’s oversight of the government.
One of the bills proposes to punish officials considered in contempt of the Parliament.
Protesters outside chanted slogans that requested the Parliament to reject the bills so that lawmakers could review them one by one.
Sei Liu, a 24-year-old university student in dental technology in Taipei City said she only just started paying attention to her local politics.
Andrea Wang, a 17-year-old senior high school student also disagrees with the parliamentarians’ actions.
The number of protesters increased in the afternoon, with people holding up signs and chanting.
AP video shot by Taijing Wu
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