Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (
The legislature's Procedure Committee yesterday set the agenda and the schedule for reviewing and voting on President Chen Shui-bian's (
Lin, now the deputy auditor-general of the ministry, was named to replace the 80-year-old Su Chen-ping (蘇振平), who had served in the position for three six-year terms since 1989.
Lawmakers will have a plenary question-and-answer session with Lin tomorrow and a confirmation vote is scheduled for Friday.
In related developments, negotiations on a schedule for screening and voting on nominees for the Council of Grand Justices remained stalled because of objections from the People First Party (PFP).
Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (
The Democratic Progressive Party has claimed that the PFP was withholding its confirmation of grand justice nominees as a bargaining chip in separate negotiations over Chen's new nominees for Control Yuan members, an allegation that the PFP has denied.
It was rumored that the PFP had recommended two of its legislators -- Liu Wen-hsiung (劉文雄) and Feng Ting-kuo (馮定國) -- as well as party Deputy Secretary-General Ma Chieh-ming (馬傑明) for inclusion in the president's Control Yuan nomination list.
Legislative Vice Speaker Chung Jung-chi (
Wang said that the legislature could handle confirmation hearings for Control Yuan members and for grand justices at the same time.
In response, Deputy Presidential Office Secretary-General Cho Jung-tai (
As for the president's choice for Control Yuan members, Cho said that Chen would take different opinions into consideration and decide on the matter as soon as possible.
Chen has nominated incumbent Grand Justice Lai Ying-jaw (
Eight candidates have also been selected for grand justice positions. They are Yeh Sai-ying (
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