A constitutional clash has erupted between Taiwan's Executive Yuan and Legislative Yuan, with each side accusing the other of violating the Constitution. The deadlock is unlikely to be resolved soon, which is bad news for the political situation.

• The Executive Yuan refused to countersign the Children and Youth Future Account Act, and Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu said that however great executive power may be, it cannot exceed the Constitution.
• Premier Cho Jung-tai fired back, questioning whether the Legislative Yuan under Han's leadership has itself abided by the Constitution.
• DPP legislator Wu Si-yao listed the ways the KMT-TPP bloc has paralysed the Executive Yuan over the past two and a half years, made arbitrary cuts to the central government budget, and blocked personnel nominations for grand justices and Control Yuan members, saying Han has allowed it all to happen unchecked.
• The green camp criticised the opposition parties for freezing and cutting the budgets of the Presidential Office and the Control Yuan, and for amending the law in a way that has brought the Constitutional Court to a standstill.
• Because the Constitutional Court, which could arbitrate the dispute, is no longer able to function, there is no legal way out of the standoff.

Outlook: The constitutional deadlock is expected to persist, and only negotiations between the governing and opposition camps can cool it down; otherwise the confrontation between the executive and the legislature will escalate further.