Taipei Times
Date: Dec 28, 2019
By: Rachel Lin and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Faculty and students from several universities yesterday protested outside the Ministry of Education
New Power Party Legislator Cheng Hsiu-ling, front row third left, speaks alongside university faculty and students outside the Ministry of Education in Taipei yesterday behind a banner urging Democratic Progressive Party caucus whip Ker Chien-ming and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip William Tseng to support amendments to the National University Endowment Fund Establishment Act.
Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei Times
The group, which included New Power Party Legislator Cheng Hsiu-ling (鄭秀玲), said that an unbiased system for budget auditing is necessary for a democratic academic environment, and the government should amend the legislation regulating how public universities use academic funds and make establishing a budget auditing committee a legal responsibility.
Legislators should reach an agreement before Monday to guarantee that the draft amendment could clear a third reading and be passed before Tuesday next week, the last day of the current legislative session, they added.
The fund management authorities and budget auditing committees on campuses should also include student representatives, and the auditing members should belong to the auditing committee, not the fund management authority, Cheng said. [FULL STORY]