00:00Just days before the new year, 9.5 billion U.S. dollars of funding for Taiwan's government
00:05is stuck in limbo. If lawmakers cannot agree on the Cabinet's proposed budget in time,
00:11the Statistics Bureau says major programs could be impacted.
00:30The budget bottleneck comes amid intense political feuding, kicked off after Premier Zhou Rongcai
00:49blocked an opposition-backed local government funding bill from taking effect.
00:53And while lawmakers can make changes to the general budget, the opposition says the Premier
00:58could reject their version again.
01:18The standoff has seen opposition lawmakers take drastic action, moving forward with proposals
01:24to impeach the Premier and President Lai Ching-ze.
01:27But their colleagues in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party are urging them to put
01:32aside differences for now and pass the budget. They say not doing so would hurt the country's
01:37social programs.
01:38坐月子补助的这个生育补到10万全落空.
01:45第二个,我们的育婴流停照顾弹性的这个补贴也被卡住.
01:51再也都说这是好政策。可是你预算为什么不给。
01:56当然第三,就是孩子生出来之后,我们都要让托育公共化更升级。
02:03而这些托育设施的软硬体的提升的预算也全部都遭殃。
02:10With Taiwan's government at a standstill, the legislature is running out of time to move
02:15forward on a budget bill, putting everything from disaster relief to child care at risk.
02:20Patrick Chen and Tiffany Wong for Taiwan Plus.
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