Taiwan's parliament votes today on the president's picks to run the Control Yuan, and the ruling party says the opposition wouldn't even meet the candidates.

• The new legislative session opened with a vote on whether to confirm the Control Yuan's president, vice president, and members.
• The Presidential Office called the KMT and TPP caucuses twice to set up courtesy visits and got no positive answer.
• Reasons given were vague — local events, travel, or just being busy — so the nominees only met the ruling DPP caucus.
• Without enough votes, the Control Yuan, a constitutional watchdog body, could be left short-staffed.

Outlook: The opposition controls the numbers in the legislature, so the nominees face a real chance of being rejected today.