TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: The bill includes punishments for political parties if they refuse to hand over files relating to the 228 Incident or the ensuing White Terror era

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 24, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang  /  Staff reporter

As part of the government’s efforts to promote transitional justice, the Executive Yuan has finished a review of a draft political archives bill, which, if passed, would serve as the legal basis for the government to collect political files dating to the 228 Incident and the White Terror era, including those in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) archives, sources said.

The bill is expected to be approved by the Executive Yuan soon and has been prioritized for review by the Legislative Yuan in the current legislative session, sources added.

An official with knowledge of the matter who requested anonymity said that the proposed bill includes punishments for political parties if they refuse to turn in files relating to the 228 Incident or the ensuing White Terror era.

The KMT has voiced its strong opposition to the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促進轉型正義條例), which was passed on Dec. 5 last year, over a rule that gives the government the right to seize political files held by political parties and their affiliates.
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