 Yu Mei-nu, of the DPP, expressed support for the amendment as did more than 20 other DPP lawmakers as well as two from the Taiwan Solidarity Union and one each from the KMT and the People First Party.On 28 June 2015, a senior Ministry of Justice official stated same-sex marriage would remain illegal in Taiwan "for now".Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang said "...in Taiwan, the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage remains extremely controversial...so we should not consider it for now".