PLAYED: The change to the irrigation association organization regulations means executives will remain in their roles until 2020, after which appointments will be made by the government
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 18, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The Legislative Yuan yesterday voted to abolish the direct election of leaders of local
Democratic Progressive Party legislators yesterday hold banners at the Legislative Yuan to celebrate the passing of the amendments to the Organic Regulations for Irrigation and Water Conservancy Associations. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
irrigation associations, which are major organizations for farmers.
The positions are to be filled by appointment, a move blasted by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) as designed to incur political gains for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Under the new amendment to the Organic Regulations for Irrigation and Water Conservancy Associations (農田水利會組織通則), the executives of 15 irrigation associations, whose four-year terms are scheduled to end on April 30, are to continue for another two years until Sept. 30, 2020.
When their terms expire, the Council of Agriculture are to fill the positions by appointment, rather than by elections as has been the case since 2002.
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