Speed ​​up the review of the esophageal law! Social welfare groups call for public supervision

More than 10 non-governmental organizations, including the Housewives' Alliance, went to the Legislative Yuan to petition on the morning of the 9th, hoping that the Legislative Yuan would speed up the third reading of the "Food Sanitation Management Act" and make a final decision. At the same time, they put forward two major demands: "Respect the committee and insist on zero detection" and "Food must be safe and negotiations must be transparent." They called on the public to call the offices of the three leaders of the Kuomintang caucus and ask them not to implement the wrong party will, respect the committee's resolutions, and not bully the Health and Environment Committee.

The much-anticipated Food Sanitation Management Act has finally been sent out to the committee. Under the public's close attention, Kuomintang member Zheng Ruofen chose not to attend, proving with her actions that Commissioner Zheng stands with public opinion and defends the health of the people. Lu Meiluan, convener of the National Food Safety Alliance and secretary-general of the Housewives Alliance Environmental Protection Foundation, expressed the hope that all legislators could emulate the spirit of Commissioner Cheng Ru-fen and not succumb to the will of the party, and call to thank Commissioner Cheng for her commitment to food safety on the eve of Mother's Day.

Although the voting results on the 7th showed that the voice of the people was finally heard by the Health and Environmental Committee, there are still many variables after the Esophageal Law is sent to the party group for consultation. Gao Ruping, secretary general of the National Association for the Promotion of Community Colleges, mentioned that the preliminary review of the Health and Environmental Committee is only the first hurdle, and the whole nation should continue to supervise and not let party group negotiations easily overturn previous efforts.

Li Tinghao, a representative of the Taiwan Youth Anti-American Beef Alliance, said that the committee's resolution of zero detection was very encouraging. He called on representatives of various parties who were about to participate in the caucus consultations to respect the resolution of the Health and Environment Committee and not to arbitrarily change the "zero detection" resolution. In addition, Li Tinghao also mentioned that young students have repeatedly invited the Executive Yuan to send people to "go to the countryside" to participate in the "Taiwan Situation under Globalization: Food Safety and Economic and Trade Relations from the US Beef Incident" forum they organized, but no officials were willing to attend, which is really puzzling.

The executive director of the Citizens' Alliance for Oversight of Congress mentioned that the alliance had sent letters to the Legislative Yuan Secretariat many times, hoping that the secretariat would disclose video and audio records in accordance with the provisions of the Legislative Yuan's Powers Act and record the process of party group consultations in detail, but only received the response that "it cannot be done." We openly called on the Legislative Yuan to express our most solemn protest.