The China Post
Date: August 27, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Presidential Office denied claims that the nomination of a former grand justice to Judicial Yuan president was unconstitutional Friday.

The denial came in response to the simmering dispute over media reports that President Tsai Ing-wen was leaning toward tapping Hsu Tzong-li, an ex-grand justice, for the position.

The R.O.C. Constitution’s restriction on grand justices from being nominated for a “consecutive term” was created to prevent conflicts of interest and to prevent grand justices from “pandering” to the new government, Presidential Offices spokesman Alex Huang said in a press statement.

The constitution bars grand justices from serving consecutive terms. Justices are therefore banned from being nominated after completing a term. It is also unconstitutional for grand justices to be re-nominated for the following term even if they resign before completing their first term, Huang said.     [FULL  STORY]