00:00Opposition Kuomintang lawmakers are here at the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office
00:05filing a lawsuit against five constitutional justices,
00:09calling them not to act as tools for President Lai Qingde.
00:12The lawsuit follows a Friday ruling by those five justices which struck down opposition-led
00:26changes that require at least 10 justices to make a court decision.
00:31The Kuomintang says that under both the old and the revised versions of the law,
00:35five justices do not constitute a sufficient quorum to make a ruling.
00:39Our Supreme Court court犯 facetal
00:43the没有公開会人 result
00:46does not suit the law of the court the 10th person in the court.
00:51We have been able to make the court election and make a court decision.
00:54Even with the court election, if we leave the court for the court,
00:57according to the court election,
01:00we must be able to to better the court because of the court election三分之二
01:05will be able to make the court election.
01:08But people protesting the KMT's lawsuits also gather outside the prosecutor's office.
01:16The ruling Democratic Progressive Party says the Constitution stands above the law
01:21and says the justices should be able to make a decision on the amendment.
01:25It's also blaming the opposition control legislature for the court's deadlock.
01:38The ruling on Friday was the 1st of 2025, after the terms of seven justices expired,
01:52leaving the court without enough to meet the new quorum requirements.
01:56President Lai's nominees to fill the vacancies all fail to win legislative approval.
02:01Without still hanging over the validity of the court's ruling,
02:05Taiwan is now facing a constitutional stalemate.
02:08And the opposition Kuomintang is now calling on five justices to step down.
02:13But the key question here is whether the political standoff can be resolved
02:17and whether the courts can return to normal function.
02:20Fu Hua Hong and Nlu in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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