Legislative Yuan

The Legislative Yuan (Chinese: 立法院 pinyin: Lìfǎ Yùan, literally "law-establishing court") is the legislative body of the Republic of China, which currently administers Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, and Matsu Islands.

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Chinese - Pinyin - Legislative body - Republic of China - Taiwan - Penghu - Quemoy - Matsu Islands

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The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches (called 'yuàn', "courts") of government stipulated by the ROC Constitution, which follows the San-min Chu-i (political theory of Sun Yat-sen). Although sometimes referred to as a "parliament," the Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory, is a branch of government in a presidential system, while only the National Assembly of the Republic of China (now dormant), with the power to amend the constitution and formerly to elect the President and Vice President, can be considered a parliament. Nevertheless, after constitutional amendments effectively transferred almost all of the National Assembly's powers to the Legislative Yuan in the late 1990s, it became common in Taiwanese newspapers to refer to the Legislative Yuan as the parliament (國會, guo hui).

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ROC Constitution - San-min Chu-i - Sun Yat-sen - Parliament - Presidential system - National Assembly of the Republic of China - 1990s

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