New Prosecutor-General Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) assumed his new position yesterday, vowing never to let politics interfere with investigations.
“I will be the people’s state prosecutor-general and the nation’s state prosecutor-general, and never accept interference or pressure from political parties,” Huang said at the inauguration ceremony.
“If prosecutors are found not to be conducting their probes properly, I will not cover up for them but kick them out,” Huang said.
The new top prosecutor said he would ask chiefs of district prosecutor offices to oversee prosecutors’ work, adding that chief prosecutors would also be disciplined for their subordinates’ wrongdoings.
Prosecutors will be suspended for any controversial conduct, he said.
Huang vowed to clear up the serious cases left over from his predecessor, Chen Tsung-ming (陳聰明), within two years.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators claim the new prosecutor-general is more focused on “investigating pan-green cases than pan-blue ones.”
Huang yesterday said that his career as a prosecutor showed that he only held the evidence and law in mind, regardless of anyone’s political hue and that his record showed he actually brought more pan-blue politicians to court than pan-green ones.
He said he was preparing to interview prosecutors from the Special Investigation Panel (SIP) this week to learn about their cases before he announces his new SIP team.
The Legislative Yuan last Tuesday approved Huang’s nomination despite opposition from the DPP.
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