Taipei Times
Date: Dec 27, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Control Yuan has issued 20 percent more censures to the Cabinet this year compared
Control Yuan President Chang Po-ya, left, listens as Jane Chiang, convener of the Control Yuan’s Committee on Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs, addresses a news conference following an annual review of the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
with last year, Control Yuan President Chang Po-ya (張博雅) said yesterday during an annual review of the Executive Yuan, calling for immediate action to improve official integrity and policy enforcement.
As of Monday, the Control Yuan issued 99 censures to the Cabinet this year and issued a total of 159 censure orders requiring government agencies to make corrections.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior have each received 13 censure orders, followed by the Ministry of Education, which received 12.
“Whether in terms of the number of censure orders or the number of agencies censured, the figures are much higher than last year with a 20 percent increase. Premier William Lai (賴清德) and Cabinet members are asked to place high importance on the Control Yuan’s censure orders,” Chang said. [FULL STORY]