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People want new Control Yuan: poll

Forty-three percent of respondents to a poll commissioned by the Control Yuan said the Legislative Yuan should screen President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) nomination list for the Control Yuan, the nation's highest watchdog body, as soon as possible.

The legislature has stalled confirmation mainly because opposition legislators are dissatisfied with the nominees. They have demanded that the president make a new list.

The positions have been vacant since the six-year term of the last Control Yuan expired at the end of January.

"President Chen told me that he hopes the new Control Yuan members can report to their posts as soon as possible. Otherwise, nobody will be able to legally make sure that nothing goes wrong with the Cabinet. It can be a headache if things do go wrong," Control Yuan Secretary-General Tu Shan-liang (杜善良) said.

Tu made the remarks at a press conference held at the Control Yuan yesterday morning.

The press conference was called to make public the result of a survey conducted by Control Yuan staff members.

The poll results showed that more than 73 percent of respondents believe that the legislature should decide the nominees for the Control Yuan's membership, including its president and vice president.

More than half the respondents (52.8 percent) recognize the function of the Control Yuan, although there has been growing discussion that the Control Yuan should be abolished since some of its functions overlaps with those of the Legislative Yuan.

As for who is to blame for the current stalemate, 35.8 percent of respondents believe that the president should be blamed, while 22 percent believe that lawmakers should take the responsibility.

The survey was conducted between Oct. 3 to Oct. 5. A total of 1,069 respondents aged 20 and above were chosen through random telephone calls.

Tu said that the legislature's delay in approving the Control Yuan's new members has created a growing number of problems.

"There are approximately 9,000 cases for the new Control Yuan to take care of already," he said.

The Control Yuan has 29 mem-bers, including its president.
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