Taiwan Justices to Rule on Power Plant Scrapping, Paper Says

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Taiwan Justices to Rule on Power Plant Scrapping, Paper Says
  
Taipei, Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A panel of Taiwan justices is expected 
to rule as early as this week on whether the cabinet's decision to 
halt completion of the island's fourth nuclear power plant project 
was legal, the United Daily News reported, citing an official of the 
court. 

They are likely to reach a conclusion, ending a three month- long 
dispute, before the Lunar New Year on Jan. 24, the paper said, citing 
Yang Jenshou, secretary-general of Judicial Yuan. 

An adverse ruling would probably force Premier Chang Chun- hsiung to 
resign to shoulder responsibility for the cabinet's decision. The 
controversy has already claimed one premier. In October, Tang Fei 
quit in a dispute with President Chen Shui-bian over its completion. 

Chen's administration scrapped completion of the plant on the grounds 
it posed environmental risks, while the opposition Nationalists say 
the plant is needed to fuel economic growth in the future. 

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