Registration for new Legislative session starts amid budget dispute

Registration for the new session of Taiwan's Legislature began Monday, with Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) the first to sign in while urging that the Cabinet's proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.5 billion) special defense budget be placed on the agenda.

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