Taipei Times
Date: Jul 10, 2016
By: Tseng Wei-chen / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators expressed conflicting opinions on the necessity of filling the vacant seats at the Control Yuan after the appointment of 11 candidates was rejected by the legislature in 2014.
In July 2014, the legislature approved the appointment of 18 Control Yuan members, including Control Yuan President Chang Po-ya (張博雅) and Control Yuan Vice President Sun Ta-chuan (孫大川), but rejected 11 of the nominees, who the DPP said formed “the worst roster in history.”
Then-DPP spokesman Huang Di-ying (黃帝穎) said at the time that a new set of candidates should be nominated by the next president and they should be approved by the next legislature to establish a constitutional convention that the institution can have members who are nominated by different presidents.
Huang also said that the DPP supports the constitutional framework of a three-branched government instead of five and called for the Control Yuan to be abolished. [FULL STORY]