The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) will petition the Council of Grand Justices to interpret the constitutionality of the organic law of the National Communications Commission (NCC, 國家通訊傳播委員會組織法), a TSU lawmaker said yesterday.
Ho Min-hao (
As the petition requires the endorsement of more than 73 legislators, the TSU -- which has only 12 lawmakers -- will lobby for support from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Ho said.
Pushed through by the pan-blue camp on Oct. 25 and promulgated by the president on Nov. 9, the NCC law stipulates that 15 representatives will be recommended by the legislature according to the share of seats held by each political party, and the Executive Yuan will recommend three, within 10 days after the law's promulgation.
The commission's 13 members will then be selected from among the 18 nominees by an 11-member review committee, all of them professional experts and academics recommended by political parties based on proportional representation, through open votes within 15 days.
Successful candidates will be named by the premier, who will send the name list to the legislature for approval before officially appointing them, according to the law.
Both the TSU and DPP disapprove of the law, claiming that the legislation will allow political influence in the NCC that is supposed to maintain independence.
However, the DPP has said it will not request a constitutional interpretation on the law unless the pan-blue camp tries to sway the NCC's operations.
KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) announced on Friday that the party is accepting public recommendations of NCC nominees and promised that the KMT will not interfere in the operations of the NCC after its formation.
People First Party Legislator Lee Yung-ping (
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