FACEBOOK: The MOE’s failure to back his election was creating problems for National Taiwan University and it would have to deal with the legal ramifications, he wrote
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 02, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
National Taiwan University president-elect Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) yesterday criticized
National Taiwan University president-elect Kuan Chung-ming speaks at an event in Taipei on Jan. 7. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
the Ministry of Education (MOE) for stalling on approving his appointment and said he would continue to fight for academic freedom and university autonomy.
“The Ministry of Education’s procrastination and failure to perform its duty in approving the appointment of the university’s new president has caused difficulties to the school’s operations and financial planning,” he wrote on Facebook yesterday afternoon.
The ministry and other responsible authorities must bear the legal consequences for the delay, he wrote.
“According to Article 9 of the University Act (大學法), the ministry should approve the appointment of university presidents within a certain timeframe,” he said, adding that the deadline for approving his appointment was March 18. [FULL STORY]
