五倍券數位綁定不能改  立委批違法違憲 "Digital voucher not allowed to switch to paper " unconstitutional: Lawmakers

DPP legislator Lin Tai-hua expresses her disappointment toward the Minister of Economic Affair, who stands firmly and says the rules are “more than clear”.

Presenter: Lawmakers are blasting the government's stimulus voucher with a digital account that cannot be switched to paper one as unconstitutional and illegal, but Economic Affairs Minister Wang Mei-hua says the government was more than clear about all the rules before announcing the program.

One citizen that bound their stimulus voucher value to a digital account and then changed their mind was not allowed to switch to paper vouchers instead. Lawmakers say this is illegal and unconstitutional.

Lin Tai-hua, Legislator (DPP) vs Wang Mei-hua, Economic Affairs Minister:”There are no cancellations, no changes to binding and no switching to paper vouchers. If you cannot cancel it, this would be violating Article 23 of the Constitution. This is very clear. Our government wants to give out quintuple stimulus vouchers which are seen as an administrative measure to benefit people. Whether they choose paper vouchers or get the quintuple value, the government has explained it clearly.”

In response, Wang Mei-hua said the government made its rules more than clear before announcing the program. In other news, the Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced new relief measures for workers in the eight adult entertainment industries. Businesses can apply online for bailout payments on behalf of their employees between Sept. 29 and Oct. 31.

Wang Mei-hua, Economic Affairs Minister:”The basis will be 10,000 and we will transfer funds based on the number of employees. What we are doing this time is transferring funds directly to workers.”

The ministry says only full-time workers that had labor insurance, employment insurance or a pension fund at a company on Aug. 31 are eligible. Permanent residents are included, but part-time and foreign workers are not. Therefore, only 30,000 workers at around 6,000 companies will be eligible.

振興五倍券開放數位綁定後，傳出有民眾感到後悔，想改成紙本卻無法變更是抱怨連連，有立委在立院經濟委員會就怒批，限制人民取消綁定數位券的做法已經違法、違憲。

民進黨立委 林岱樺 vs. 經濟部長 王美花：「不能取消不能改綁不能換領紙本券，如果輸憲法來講，你現在的作為不得取消這件事情，你是違反憲法第23條的，這個規則都有講得很清楚。我們政府要給五倍券這個部分，是政府授益的處分，到底人民要選擇紙本，或五倍都有很清楚的(講)。」

王美花表示，在公告五倍券之前，規則就跟大家講的很清楚，至於疫情警戒從7月27日降至二級以來，八大行業仍維持關閉，經濟部也公布最新紓困方案，29日起到10月31日開放申請，因應防疫需要，一律採線上申請，由事業單位登錄基本資料、員工領款帳戶即可。

經濟部長 王美花：「紓困我們會按照他的員工數，公司就是一萬按照人工數的一萬，員工我們這次新的作法就是，我們希望直接匯給員工，讓員工可以直接拿到這樣的一個紓困補助。」

經濟部表示，這回列入補貼計算的員工，限8月31號在事業名義投有勞保、就業保險或勞退的全職員工，包含永久居留者，但不含部分工時及外籍員工，初估共有約 6000 家業者，3萬名員工受惠。