The Executive Yuan yesterday nominated seven candidates for the National Communications Commission (NCC), including four to fill vacancies that have left the agency unable to operate normally since August 2024.
Yuan Hsiu-hui (袁秀慧), managing attorney at Chang-Hui Law Office, was nominated to serve as chairperson of the NCC, which regulates Taiwan’s communications and broadcasting sectors, according to a news release.
Shaw Ping (蕭蘋), a professor at National Sun Yat-sen University’s Institute of Marketing Communication, was nominated as vice chairperson.
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The other nominees included Yu Chia-mu (游家牧), an associate professor of electrical engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and Chang Chun-yen (張春炎), a professor of Southeast Asian studies at National Chi Nan University.
Steve Chang (張克豪), a partner attorney at Welead Attorneys-at-Law, and Chen Chun-mu (陳春木), a technical supervisor at the NCC, were among the nominees.
Wang Yi-hui (王怡惠), an incumbent NCC commissioner, was nominated for another term.
The NCC has had only three commissioners since the terms of four commissioners ended in August 2024, rendering the regulator unable to meet the quorum to make certain decisions.
Wang and the two other commissioners complete their terms on Friday next week.
The Executive Yuan withdrew a lineup of four candidates in May last year, after the Legislature, in which the opposition parties have a majority, delayed confirming the list for over a year.
In November last year, the legislature rejected another four nominees.
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