NANTOU, Taiwan — Opposition parties in Taiwan are bombarding the judiciary with criticism as key rulings on legislative powers and the death penalty loom, raising concerns among legal experts about the politicization of the law.
The Kuomintang (KMT) and its controversial smaller ally, the Taiwan People's Party, have launched unusual attacks on judges in recent weeks, alleging that Constitutional Court judges are cronies of President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party administration. Opposition politicians have gone so far as to say that high-ranking judges have “lost their independent will” and become “thugs” of power “to the humiliation of the nation”.