Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation chairman Michael You (游盈隆) and Soochow University law professor Hu Po-yen (胡博硯) have been nominated to serve as chairman and vice chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) respectively, the Executive Yuan said yesterday.
Other nominated commissioners include lawyer and former lawmaker Huang Wen-ling (黃文玲), former Taoyuan mayor under Taoyuan County Chen Tsung-yi (陳宗義) and China University of Science and Technology vice president Lee Li-chung (李禮仲).
Fooyin University professor Su Jia-hong (蘇嘉宏) and Soochow University professor Su Tzu-chiao (蘇子喬) were also nominated as commissioners.
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The CEC only has four commissioners instead of the usual 11, and requires a minimum of five to convene a meeting and make resolutions, according to regulations, bringing urgency to the process.
The four-year terms of six commissioners, including then-chairman Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) and then-vice chairman Chen Chao-chien (陳朝建), expired on Nov. 3, while former commissioner Meng Chih-cheng (蒙志成) in June resigned amid a corruption probe.
The nominees were selected by Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) based on recommendations from each party, and ideally had a bipartisan background, theoretical and practical expertise, and experience in central and local governments, Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee (李慧芝) said in a statement.
Lee Li-chung and Su Jia-hong were recommended by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), while Su Tzu-chiao was recommended by the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), she said.
If approved by the legislature, the commissioners would serve until Nov. 3, 2029, except for Chen Tsung-yi, who would serve until Nov. 3, 2027 to finish Meng’s term, she said.
You is a former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member, and has often voiced criticism of the DPP’s leadership while heading one of Taiwan’s top polling organizations.
That perceived independence might help him get confirmed, despite the gaping political divide between the Executive Yuan and the opposition-controlled legislature, which has prevented the confirmation of nominees to the Constitutional Court and National Communications Commission.
The TPP reacted relatively positively to the nominees, though it said it would still carefully review them in accordance with the law.
KMT Legislator Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) also did not dismiss the nominations out of hand as the KMT has done in other instances, saying that the party caucus would prioritize neutrality in election affairs in reviewing the candidates.
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