Han, Cho continue to spar over countersign refusal

TEAMWORK: The premier said he hoped to work with Han to address the constitutional imbalance between their branches of government and uphold the Constitution By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Tuesday continued to spar publicly over the Executive Yuan’s refusal to countersign bills. Han on Tuesday evening wrote on social media that he had called on the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to do its duty to pass the general budget, and that he would apply that same standard to the Executive Yuan, which he said was not fulfilling its constitutional duty. Han said his actions to maintain the normal functions of the Legislative Yuan should not be interpreted as giving in to the Executive Yuan. Prem