Taiwan's Premier Cho Jung-tai has called on the Legislative Yuan to pass this year's supplementary budget by the end of November, while the Kuomintang caucus has refused to act as a rubber stamp. The deadlock between the two sides is bad news for the timetable on which pay rises for military personnel, civil servants and teachers, along with expanded social welfare payments, would reach recipients.

• The supplementary budget totals NT$607.6 billion, to be used mainly to stabilise fuel and electricity prices and strengthen energy resilience.
• The Executive Yuan has warned that if the budget is not passed before the end of the year, the professional and supervisory allowances for military personnel, civil servants and teachers backdated to 1 July, as well as a number of social welfare increases, will all lapse.
• KMT caucus secretary-general Hsu Yu-chen hit back, saying how long the review takes depends on whether the Executive Yuan can account for the necessity and urgency of every item of spending.
• The KMT has also questioned procedural flaws: the Executive Yuan submitted the supplementary budget for review on 8 September, at a time when this year's general budget had not yet completed its statutory process, which it says is inconsistent with the Budget Act.

Outlook: The budget bill is unlikely to clear the legislature on the Executive Yuan's timetable in the near term. The review is bound to drag into November or even later, leaving the disbursement schedule for military, civil service and teacher pay and for social welfare subsidies in limbo.