INDEFINITE: Kuo Tei-wei has ignored the education ministry’s order that the school hold a new poll and instead thrown his support behind Kuan Chung-ming, the group said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 11, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
A group of National Taiwan University (NTU) professors, alumni and their supporters
National Taiwan University (NTU) veterinary expert Lai Shiow-suey, right, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, as colleagues, including NTU professor emeritus Ho De-fen, fourth left, listen. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
yesterday urged the Ministry of Education to fire NTU acting president Kuo Tei-wei (郭大維) after he refused to hold a new presidential election.
Kuo is no longer qualified to serve as acting president, because he has violated the Public Functionary Service Act (公務員服務法), the University Act (大學法) and other regulations by disobeying the ministry, delaying a university council meeting and blocking several proposals to resolve controversies surrounding the university’s presidential eslection, they said in a joint statement.
Kuo’s term as acting president has been extended indefinitely since April, when he ignored the ministry’s order to hold a new presidential selection and instead filed for an administrative appeal, requesting that the ministry appoint NTU professor Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔), who was elected by the university’s presidential election committee in January, but later deemed unqualified by the ministry due to a conflict of interest in the election process. [FULL STORY]
