Yeh Nai-yu (葉乃瑜), reportedly the chosen candidate for an important post at the Executive Yuan’s newly created media department, yesterday announced that she will no longer accept the job following allegations that she was considered for the position due to her husband’s position at the Presidential Office.
Yeh is the wife of newly appointed Presidential Office spokesperson Yin Wei (殷瑋), former spokesman for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and deputy director of the party’s Culture and Communications Committee.
During a media interview on Monday, Yeh said she is a victim of gender discrimination and “male chauvinism,” and that she cannot accept accusations that her husband had helped her career.
Speaking to reporters, Yeh acknowledged that she was interviewed for the media department position and had passed the initial selection process, but denied it had anything to do with her husband’s top-level job.
“Women are not dependent on men. I do not want to be labeled as someone who uses connections to get a job, so I have decided not to pursue this position at the Executive Yuan,” she said.
Yeh also yesterday posted a message on Facebook in which she accused some people of spreading false information about her through anonymous tips to the press, and that it was unfair that the media published negative judgements about her capabilities.
“Despite this, I still have the passion for working in new media and creative culture… Just as I have done in the past, I will only rely on myself to make progress on the path ahead,” she wrote.
Chinese-language media had reported that Yeh was interviewed in private for the media department position and the Executive Yuan had already decided to hire her for the job, even though the vacancy had not yet been made in public for open recruitment.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Huang-liang (蔡煌瑯) accused the Executive Yuan of “black-box” hiring, which he said was to reward KMT party “comrades.”
The 26-year-old Yeh had previously worked for the KMT’s Youth Corps, and said she had work experience in filmmaking, policy promotion and media communication.
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