SALARY CALCULATIONS: A party assets committee member said that the NT$30 million earmarked for salaries did not mean each of its 25 members would be paid NT$1 million
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 03, 2018
By: Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Transitional Justice Commission has submitted its fiscal 2019 budget for legislative
People leave the Transitional Justice Commission’s offices in Taipei on May 31.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
review, with items including overseas travel expenses to research transitional justice.
Budgets for all departments were submitted last week, with the Legislative Yuan scheduled to discuss them when it convenes this month.
The commission’s proposed budget of NT$160 million (US$5.21 million) includes NT$24.32 million for work related to the reconstruction of historical facts, NT$15.19 million for the elimination of authoritarian symbols, NT$23.17 million for reparations for judicial abuses and NT$18.95 million to rebuild public trust.
A budget of NT$3.65 million was proposed for travel expenses related to the commission’s work, it said, adding that visits are planned to South Africa, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Argentina, among others. [FULL STORY]
