« Taiwan Journal of Political Science No.25Publish: 2005/09

A Study of the Organization of the DPP’s Party Group in the Legislative Yuan

Author: Ming-te Cheng

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Parliamentary party group (PPG) is a very important organizational institutionin  modern  parliamentary  operation.  After  the  Legislative  Yuan  was  reelectedentirely in 1992, the PPG has improved its political status and influence. This paperfocuses on the organizational issue of DPP’s parliamentary group, and it attempts toexplore   its   organizational   formation,   positioning   and   structure.   It   finds:   1)Organizational formation evolves with Taiwan’s election and the overall reelectionof the Legislative Yuan. The parliamentary group is the organizational result of theDPP’s  votes  and  seats  in  the  Legislative  Yuan.  2)  Regarding  organizationalpositioning,  before  2000,  parliamentary  group  was  superior  to  the  Central  PartyHeadquarters in decision-making status, according to the party’s developmental line,legislators’  status  in  the  Central  Standing  Committee,  formation  of  its  PPG’sorganizational  rules.  After  2000,  although  the  parliamentary  group  was  stillinfluential,  it  becomes  dominated  by  the  more  powerful  President  and  ExecutiveYuan.  3)  In  terms  of  organizational  structure,  the  parliamentary  group  had  only  afew members with a simple structure in the beginning. But after it learns from theFraktion of German Bundestag, its organizational structure becomes more extensiveand   complicated.   Moreover,   factional   cohabitation   is   the   character   of   itsorganizational  structure.  After  2000,  the  DPP  turns  to  be  the  biggest  party  in  theLegislative  Yuan,  and  the  seniority  system  has  increasingly  been  observed  by  themain cadres of DPP’s parliamentary group.

Keywords:Democratic Progressive Party、Legislative Yuan、Organization、Parliament、Parliamentary Party Group