The China Post
Date: September 1, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Premier Lin Chuan (林全) and Wellington Ku (顧立雄) officially opened the office of
Premier Lin Chuan hands a certificate to Legislator Wellington Ku during the official opening of the Ill-Gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee office in Taipei, Wednesday, Aug. 31. (Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post)
a newly formed committee targeting ill-gotten party assets Wednesday, with Ku warning that the body faced a contentious but highly necessary task.
Ku, who chairs the Ill-Gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee (IGPASC, 不當黨產處理委員會), promised that it would act immediately to eliminate “power inequalities left over from the authoritarian era.”
The premier, who joined Ku for the ceremony, said that Taiwan was at a momentous point in its history.
The power of civil society has grown, along with its demands for reform and expectations for the government, he said.
Comparing the task to Germany’s post-Cold War national reconciliation efforts after reunification, he said that Taiwan should be prepared for a complicated and arduous process that could take many years. [FULL STORY]
