2024 Taiwanese constitutional controversy

Bluebird Movement
Mass protests on May 21, 24, and 28 around the Legislative Yuan, from top to bottom.
Date17 May 2024 – present (2 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Caused byAttempted passage of bills granting greater powers to the Legislative Yuan
Goals
  • Revoke bills on basis of unconstitutionality
  • Recall legislators involved in creating and voting on the bills
Status
  • Bill passed on May 28; The Democratic Progressive Party filed a lawsuit to seek a constitutional review[1]
Parties
Number
  • Up to 50,000 - 100,000 protestors

The 2024 Taiwanese constitutional controversy started with the proposal and passage of a set of controversial legislative reform bills. The controversy triggered the so-called Bluebird Movement (Chinese: 青鳥行動), a series of ongoing protests.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TaipeiTimesMay292024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "「國會濫權,民主倒退,公民搶救,立院集結」 行動公告". 台灣放送. Economic Democracy Union. 2024-05-24.

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