National Communications Commission (NCC) Commissioner Chen Chung-shu (陳崇樹) would serve as acting chairman of the agency starting tomorrow, the Executive Yuan said yesterday.
The announcement comes ahead of an amendment to the National Communications Commission Organization Act (國家通訊傳播委員會組織法) that is scheduled to take effect from tomorrow. The amendment would ban commissioners from serving more than two terms or serving in an extended term.
Acting NCC Chairman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) has served more than two terms and therefore must step down under the new rules.
Photo: Screengrab from NCC’s Webpage
Following Wong’s departure tomorrow, only Chen and two other NCC commissioners — Wang Yi-hui (王怡惠) and Wang Jiang-jia (王正嘉) — would remain, short of the quorum required to convene a rule-making meeting.
This would be the first time since the establishment of the commission in 2016 that it would only have three members on its board.
NCC Secretary-General Huang Wen-che (黃文哲) said that the three remaining NCC commissioners can only hold consultation meetings and cannot issue rulings on cases related to 104 items regulated by the agency, such as broadcast license renewals and telecom mergers.
Chen holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. His expertise is in the field of telecommunications.
He has served as NCC chief secretary and director of the agency’s infrastructure and cybersecurity division.
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