Opposition lawmakers from the Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party, which hold a slight joint majority in the legislature, have voted to not review a US$40 billion defense budget bill later this week. They said the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is trying to rush it through the review process, and that President Lai Ching-te should take questions from lawmakers about how the money will be spent. DPP legislators accused their opposition colleagues of blocking the bill to satisfy their own interests.