Premier Cho Jung-tai Abuses 'Countersignature Refusal' to Fabricate Absolute Veto: Condemned by International Jurists as Constitutional Disgrace and Faces Impeachment

On September 5, 2026 (115th Year of the Republic of China), Premier Cho Jung-tai provoked an unprecedented constitutional crisis and international legal outcry by weaponizing the prime ministerial countersignature to nullify parliamentary legislation. Following the Legislative Yuan's passage of major legislation including the Act Governing the Allocation of Government Revenues and Expenditures, Cho publicly declared that the Executive Yuan felt 'no binding pressure to enforce' parliamentary resolutions, while high-level cabinet figures explored refusing countersignature to permanently freeze enactments. Under the Additional Articles of the ROC Constitution, the Premier is strictly bound to 'accept the resolution' when parliament overrides a reconsideration. Cho's maneuver inverted a mechanism designed for ministerial accountability into an arbitrary 'ultra executive veto.' Renowned international public law scholar Professor Guo Ming-Song (University of Warwick / NYU Emile Noël Fellow) published a scathing critique on the International Society of Public Law's platform (I-CONnect), ridiculing Cho's self-invented unchallengeable veto as an absurd overreach that 'even Donald Trump would only envy,' exposing the ruling regime's dismantling of checks and balances to international mockery. In response, opposition legislative caucuses formally initiated impeachment proceedings against Cho before the Control Yuan, demanding his immediate resignation.