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Examination Yuan fetes new chief

Under the supervision of senior presidential adviser Peng Ming-min, center, new Examination Yuan President Yao Chia-wen, right, receives the official seal from his predecessor Hsu Shui-teh at a ceremony yesterday. PHOTO: CHIANG YING-YING, TAIPEI TIMES

The new Examination Yuan President Yao Chia-wen (姚嘉文) officially took office yesterday after receiving the Examination Yuan president's seal from his predecessor Hsu Shui-teh (許水德).

Hsu is slated to become the chairman of the Association of East Asian Relations today.

More than 1,000 residents of Changhua, where Yao was born and grew up, attended the ceremony and toured the Examination Yuan.

Senior Presidential adviser Peng Ming-min (彭明敏) presided over the ceremony, and praised Yao's contributions to Taiwan's democracy and freedom.

Premier Yu Shyi-kun, who was also present, said that both Yao and Hsu are people who take care of "realities and ideals."

"Both of them are role models for youth because they have not only studied books, but also have learned from painful realities," Yu said.

In the speech Yao delivered yesterday, he said that he is confident he will lead the institution well and vowed to push for administrative neutrality.

"Both [Yao Chia-wen and Hsu Shui-teh] are role models for youth because they have not only studied books, but also have learned from painful realities."

Yu Shyi-kun, premier

"A line between the government and political parties should be drawn, but how to draw that line needs further discussion," Yao said.

He added that the law of administrative neutrality is still in the drafting stage, and the Examination Yuan will do its best to draft the bill and hand it over to the legislature for approval.

"I have already canceled my DPP party membership, and all 19 new Examination members will follow the spirit [of administration neutrality]," Yao said.

Yao said that though the government doesn't have any laws to ensure that civil servants remain neutral, the Examination Yuan designs programs to train civil servants is such matters.

Yao also pledged to expand national examinations so the tests would not be limited to written tests.

"The method of administering the examinations should be broadened so that the national testing system recruits qualified civil servants," he said.

Another goal for Yao over the next six years is to establish guidelines for the use of the Civil Servant Pension Fund (退撫基金).

In addition, a former aide to Yao's wife has accused the Examination Yuan president of having extra-marital affairs and said she might "use any way" to prove her allegations.

Examination Yuan monitors screened people who attended the ceremony to prevent the aide, Lai Ching-mei (賴清美), from attending.
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