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📢 STATEMENT Civil Society Organizations’ Concerns about the Bill of Abuse of Congressional Powers On May 17 and 21, the Legislative Yuan totally disregarded procedural due process with several attempts to pass three bills by forcing the 3rd reading on the floor... 🧵

✊ 05.28 timetable - Action begins

✊ DEMOCRACY WINS Over 50,000 Taiwanese stand up to defend our freedoms Credit: Hsieh Pei Ling 謝佩玲

✊ Taiwan's democracy is not dead, citizens continues to defend it! Over 50,000 Taiwanese reject this draft which violates procedural justice, lacks substantive discussion, disrupts the separation of powers under the Constitution, and could potentially harm people's rights.

🔴 We're breaking a new record! The KMT and TPP thought that they would be able to pass this draft amendment on 17 May, but we slowed that down, with many people showed up that night outside of LY. Now with over 30k protesters, we want our voice heard - Say No To Abuse Of Power!

🔴 What's on in this afternoon? Checkout the lineups for today's talks at the protest to defend democracy

✊ Over ten thousands people demonstrate their solidarity here at the Legislative Yuan Join us now to defend our freedom and democracy, and say no to the abuse of power!

👇 Full Statement "Civil Society Organizations’ Concerns about the Bill of Abuse of Congressional Powers" available on our website: democracy.eduaction.tw/docs/524file/0…

📢 STATEMENT Civil Society Organizations’ Concerns about the Bill of Abuse of Congressional Powers On May 17 and 21, the Legislative Yuan totally disregarded procedural due process with several attempts to pass three bills by forcing the 3rd reading on the floor... 🧵

...which will not only undercut the principle of separation of powers but also cause a serious infringement of the rights of people, the private sector, and civil society organizations.

...a thorough explanation why the process of forcing the passage of the legislation by the two major political parties is a serious violation of procedural due process. At the press conference today, we will further explain to the public the extent of these bills...

🔴 Live streaming: 0524 Action Press Conference youtube.com/live/GfqJMLLxN…

In case you're still awake & wondering why over 30k ppl protested on May 21 👇 ‘This maneuver mirrors China’s “legal blitzkrieg” strategy used four years ago to impose the Hong Kong National Security Law by directly inserting it into Hong Kong’s Basic Law.’thediplomat.com/2024/05/as-tai…

👇Read the Media Alert on our website: democracy.eduaction.tw/docs/524file/5…

📢 0524 Action: Citizens Assemble at Legislature to Protest the Abuse of Congressional Powers 🕘 9h30 AM, May 24, 2024 📍Under the Legislative Yuan’s Overpass on Qingdao E. Rd.