DEMOCRACY:The group is pushing for public scrutiny of the selection of four new grand justices and for the candidates to state their stance on critical issues

Taipei Times
Date: May 12, 2015
By: Lii Wen  /  Staff reporter

Legal experts and human rights groups yesterday called for increased public scrutiny of the ongoing nomination process for four members of the Council of Grand Justices.

Members of the Grand Justices Nomination Oversight Alliance, a watchdog organization founded more than a decade ago, gathered to push the group’s aim of ensuring transparency in the nomination process and to monitor the quality of grand justice candidates.

While grand justice candidates are officially nominated by the president and confirmed by the legislature, the alliance seeks to promote public deliberation on the issue.     [FULL  STORY]