This article describes the mutual erosion of democratic norms under divided government in Taiwan in 2025. The opposition alliance has leveraged its legislative majority in ways that have been argued to constrain the Constitutional Court and disrupt the legislative process. The ruling party has countered by expanding executive discretion and refusing to countersign bills. With the failure of recall strategies and the dysfunction of judicial arbitration, the executive and legislative branches are in constitutional gridlock. This elite infighting has intensified citizens’ affective polarization, damaged democratic resilience, and eroded established constitutional norms and procedural justice.
Hsin-Che Wu (Sun,) studied this question.