Taiwan's budget fight is turning personal, with both main parties blaming each other for stalling, which is bad news for anyone waiting on government spending to move.

• The DPP accuses the KMT of ignoring this year's extra budget and next year's main budget to protect Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an's election campaign.
• The KMT says the extra budget already passed its first reading and is simply waiting on cross-party talks to schedule Premier Cho Jung-tai's report to lawmakers.
• At stake is an extra spending package worth over NT$600 billion, which the KMT refuses to wave through on the premier's timetable.
• The KMT also points to the cabinet refusing to sign off on or carry out laws the legislature has passed, calling that executive overreach.
• Both sides say they back stronger defense spending, so the fight is about process and blame, not the money's purpose.

Outlook: The legislature takes up the matter again tomorrow, but with talks unfinished the budget is likely to stay stuck while both sides campaign.