Taiwan lawmakers clash in more parliament chaos


Ruling Democratic Progressive Party legislators Cheng Yun-peng (centre, left) and Wu Ping-jui (centre, right) brandish chairs while facing demonstrating main opposition Kuomintang and People First Party legislators calling for a boycott of the forward-looking project at the parliament in Taipei today. – AFP pic, July 14, 2017.

TAIWAN’S parliament descended into chaos for a second consecutive day today with lawmakers wielding chairs above their heads and throwing water balloons as they brawled over a controversial infrastructure project. 

It followed repeated disruption yesterday when rival legislators grabbed each other’s throats in angry scuffles during a review of the budget for the project. 


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