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DDP caucus urges Su to resign from NCC chairmanship

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday urged National Communications Commission Chairman (NCC) Su Yeong-ching (蘇永欽) to step down, accusing him of violating NCC members' impartiality.

DPP caucus whip Wang Sing-nan (王幸男) told a press conference that Su broke the Regulations for National Communications Commission Members passed by the commission last March to maintain the NCC's impartiality, because, according to a report by the Chinese-language China Times on Monday, he had joined former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) presidential campaign counselor group last week.

"Article one of the regulation stipulates that commission members may not be involved in political parties' activities or take up any full-time or part-time position in any parties or related organizations," Wang said.

"As commission chairman, Su did not follow the regulation when he offered Ma counsel for his presidential bid. There is no doubt that Su has violated the regulation," he said.

Saying that Su was a "national disgrace," Wang said that the NCC had not investigated any of the KMT's controversial sales of stolen assets such as the Broadcasting Corp of China, but only imposed restrictions on the sales and purchases of iPod, iPhone and Wii products, which had contributed to public outrage.

Wang was referring to consumers' complaints about not being allowed to import Nintendo's Wii game console from countries such as the US and Japan because they had not been certified by the commission. The console has not officially debuted in Taiwan yet.

Certification is necessary because the console uses Bluetooth connectivity and motion sensors to allow gamers to play games such as virtual tennis.

The commission on Monday relaxed the restrictions as a result of public calls for change.

Su's participation in Ma's campaign team was a serious violation of his own professional principles, DPP Legislator Wang Shu-hui (王淑慧) said.

In his defense, Su yesterday said he has not participated in any political party events since becoming the chairman of the commission.

As for the China Times report, Su said the report was incorrectly cited, since it merely mentioned him as Ma's friend.

Additional reporting by Staff Writer
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