Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday that the party would suspend any member who accepts President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) nomination to serve in the Control Yuan or the Examination Yuan.
The decision was made by the party’s Central Standing Committee, Tsai said, adding that it was not a new policy as it was a well-established practice within the party.
The Central Standing Committee decided on May 28 not to nominate any candidates for the Control Yuan and Examination Yuan and suspend members who independently accept Ma’s nomination for either of the two government branches. However, they could reclaim their membership once they left the position.
The party said the decision was made to keep the Control Yuan and Examination Yuan free from political intervention and maintain their independence. The DPP also urged the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to follow suit.
The KMT has said that it would not make any nominations, but stopped short of specifying whether it would allow individual members to recommend themselves or let others recommend them.
Separately, the Presidential Office declined to comment yesterday on a report by the Chinese-language United Evening News that former minister of finance Wang Chien-hsien would lead the Control Yuan.
Presidential Office spokesman Wang Yu-chi (王郁琦) said he could not comment on a media speculation.
As for Ma’s nomination of Examination Yuan members, Wang Yu-chi said the task force headed by Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) to handle the recommendation of nominees met yesterday.
Wang Yu-chi said that potential candidates must possess good moral character, professional expertise and be fair. The selection committee will also consider the nominees’ age, experience, profession, gender and ethnicity.
There will be more women in the agency, he said.
Current Examination Yuan members’ terms expire on Aug. 31; their successors are to be sworn in on Sept. 1.
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