Opposition parties in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan joined forces to reject all 27 nominees for Control Yuan member, leaving the Control Yuan at a standstill — bad news for members of the public seeking redress.

• Legislators from the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People's Party voted against the nominations as a bloc, defeating all 27 of Lai Ching-te's nominees, including president-designate Chen Yung-hsing and vice president-designate Wang Jung-chang.

• The sixth-term members' terms expired at the end of July, and the Control Yuan has now gone nearly two months without any members, leaving no one able to decide impeachment or censure cases.

• Petitions and complaints from the public are still being accepted but cannot be processed, and officials accused of misconduct or dereliction of duty remain unaddressed.

• The DPP caucus has demanded that the opposition explain why each nominee is unfit for office, accusing them of treating the power of personnel consent as a bargaining chip in political conflict.

• The Constitutional Court's operations are hampered by vacancies among the grand justices, and the NCC now has no commissioners at all for the first time, leaving several state institutions idle simultaneously.

Outlook: Unless the governing and opposition parties reach a compromise on the personnel cases, the Control Yuan will remain without anyone able to exercise its powers for the near future.