Taiwan lawmakers trade blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms from insider trading research Watch Video
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Description: Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday (May 17) in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before president-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority. <br/><br/>The lawmakers surged around the speaker's seat. Though calm soon returned, there were more scuffles in the afternoon.<br/><br/>Main opposition party, Kuomintang, has more seats than the Democratic Progressive Party, but not enough to form a majority on its own, and has been working with the small Taiwan People's Party to push through its own proposals.<br/><br/>WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br/>SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br/>LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline<br/>