A controversial set of amendments requiring members of Taiwan's Constitutional Court to reach a two-third's majority for legal judgments was passed by the opposition Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party, despite political and physical resistance from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
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00:00Opposition lawmakers successfully passed amendments requiring the nation's highest court to reach
00:05a two-thirds majority to pass judgments, despite political and fiscal resistance from the ruling
00:12party.
00:13Earlier in the day, lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party tried to fiscally
00:18block the opposition from entering the chamber to vote on the amendments.
00:23Despite those efforts, the opposition was ultimately able to enter and pass several
00:28of the amendments, including those affecting the Constitutional Court.
00:33Another set of passed amendments makes it harder to recall sitting politicians.
00:38A third set of amendments that would change how much revenue local governments receive
00:44are still being discussed.