 The proposed amendment was mostly supported by DPP legislators (whose party has a majority in the Legislative Yuan) though also by one legislator from the minority KMT, which was divided on the issue of same-sex marriage.A separate amendment legalising same-sex marriage was also announced by the third-party New Power Party (NPP) caucus.Yu Mei-nu of the DPP, who drafted the bill, expressed optimism the law could be introduced as early as the following year and that same-sex marriage could be legal in the country by the end of 2017.