TAIPEI, Dec 16 - Taiwan's global credibility is on the line and parliament should withdraw a series of laws the government opposes, President Lai Ching-te said amid a deepening dispute with the opposition, which has slammed him for ignoring the ‍will of ​the people.

While Lai won the presidential election last year, his Democratic Progressive ‍Party (DPP) lost its parliamentary majority to the Kuomintang (KMT) and its much smaller ally the Taiwan People's Party.