REVIEW: Some nominees wrote that the committee’s focus should be understanding histories and authoritarian symbols, while others called for their wholesale removal
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 15, 2018
By: Tseng Wei-chen and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
While removing authoritarian symbols, the transitional justice promotion committee should
Transitional justice promotion committee chairman nominee Huang Huang-hsiung speaks at a forum in Taipei on March 18. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
aim to avoid exacerbating conflicts between opposing sides, committee chairman nominee Huang Huang-hsiung (黃煌雄) wrote in materials that were on Friday submitted to the legislature by the Executive Yuan for its review of the committee’s nominations.
Taiwanese hold divergent views on authoritarian symbols, Huang said, adding that if the committee could allow society to form a consensus on their removal, it would have succeeded.
When determining the truth and who holds responsibility, the committee should build trust, push for dialogue and allow people to decide which symbols are authoritarian and how to handle them, Huang said.
People often reduce the purpose of the committee to changing road names and the faces on currency, full-time committee member nominee and former Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation chief executive Yeh Hung-ling (葉虹靈) wrote. [FULL STORY]
