Taiwan's constitutional fight between parliament and the cabinet is escalating, with each side accusing the other of breaking the system.

• Legislative speaker Han Kuo-yu says the cabinet has turned its refusal to countersign passed bills into a weapon, gutting the rule that the executive answers to the legislature.
• Eight bills passed by the legislature have been left unsigned by the cabinet.
• DPP caucus secretary-general Fan Yun says the legislature is the one breaking the separation of powers, and the cabinet is only hitting the brakes on a runaway parliament.
• Fights like this used to go to the constitutional court, but that court has been paralyzed by the legislature, leaving no referee.
• Fan Yun told Han Kuo-yu to start a constitution reading group with legal scholars instead.

Outlook: With no working constitutional court to settle it, the standoff between the cabinet and the legislature is likely to keep hardening into the next session.