CONSTITUTIONAL CONUNDRUM:The nominee for Judicial Yuan president stepped down as a grand justice nearly five years ago and some have questioned his eligibility
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 02, 2016
By: Su Fang-ho and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Presidential Office yesterday sparked a constitutional debate by nominating former grand justice
Former grand justice Hsu Tzong-li, left, and Supreme Court Judge Tsai Chung-tun, the government’s nominees for president and vice president of the Judicial Yuan, attend a press conference at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Hsu Tzong-li (許宗力) to be president of the Judicial Yuan.
The Presidential Office nominated Hsu and Supreme Court Judge Tsai Chung-tun (蔡?燉) as vice president of the Judicial Yuan and has forwarded their nominations, along with five others for the Council of Grand Justices, to the Legislative Yuan for ratification, Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said.
The nomination of Hsu and Tsai was based on their practical experience and academic renown, Chen said, adding that the five grand justice nominees — National Chia Yi University professor Hsu Chih-hsiung (許志雄), Judicial Yuan Deputy Secretary-General Chang Chiung-wen (張瓊文), National Taiwan University law professors Chan San-lin (詹森林) and Huang Chao-yuan (黃昭元), and human rights lawyer Huang Juei-min (黃瑞明) — were selected by a committee vote after five meetings.
Hsu Tzong-li said that he accepted his nomination because he believes it is not unconstitutional, seeing as he stepped down as a grand justice nearly five years ago. [FULL STORY]
