Independents quit committee chairs

Chen yesterday expressed her approval of Yen's decision to quit.

Chen said she had warned Yen on Wednesday that he would become a "blockhead" if he accepted the convener position, as that would make him a scapegoat in a string of scandals exposed recently, which allegedly involve many DPP legislators.

"The Ministry of Justice is reluctant to continue its investigation into all these cases because they involve a lot of DPP people. What it is going to do? Of course, aim at you," Chen told Yen.

By the same standard according to which she had asked Yen to quit, Chen yesterday challenged Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), convener of the DPP legislative caucus, to resign from the position for his alleged involvement in the recent string of scandals, to prevent a conflict of interest.

Denying the allegations, Ker yesterday said he reserved the right to file a slander suit against Chen.

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