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  Taiwan Legislature Dissolves Into Chaos
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Last EditedArmyDem  Jan 19, 2007 04:39pm
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News DateFriday, January 19, 2007 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe Associated Press
Friday, January 19, 2007; 9:20 AM

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A ruling party lawmaker threw a shoe at the speaker of Taiwan's legislature on Friday and assorted colleagues pushed and shoved each other, throwing the final day of the winter legislative session into chaos.

The scenes were reminiscent of past Taiwanese legislative brawls, and represented another low point in the island's sometimes stormy transition from dictatorship to democracy.

Friday's trouble erupted when dozens of lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party stormed the speaker's dais to prevent voting on a proposal to change the composition of the Central Election Commission.

The commission is responsible for administering elections on the island of 23 million people and is generally considered nonpartisan.
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