Taiwan's ruling party lined up behind President Lai Ching-te's picks for the Control Yuan, setting up a fight with opposition lawmakers who want the body scrapped altogether.

• The DPP caucus said every one of its lawmakers would vote yes on Lai's nominees in a named vote in the legislature.
• Lai nominated former human rights group head Chen Yung-hsing as Control Yuan president and sitting member Wang Jung-chang as vice president.
• The seats have been empty since the last members' terms ran out at the end of July, and replacements were supposed to start August 1.
• Opposition parties want the watchdog abolished, but the DPP says that takes a constitutional change or a referendum, not just talk.
• Without members in place, the body cannot rule on impeachments, official misconduct, or political donation cases.

Outlook: The vote's outcome rests on opposition lawmakers, who hold the numbers and have shown little appetite for filling the seats.