With the public in an uproar and politicians scrambling to distance themselves from corruption, the Legislative Yuan's Home and Nations Committee completed its initial review of the political contributions law, and the ruling and opposition parties were expecting to get the bill through the third and final reading during the recently concluded legislative session. But progress screeched to a halt when one of the opposition parties unexpectedly turned against the legislation.
就在民氣可用，政治人物急於與黑金劃清界線下，立法院內政委員會也完成「政治獻金法」的初審，朝野立委原本預期本會期可三讀通過，不料最後卻因在野黨反對而緊急煞車。