INVESTIGATION: The Presidential Office said it is illogical to debate whether roads and schools should be renamed until the truth about the nation’s history is fully understood
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 08, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
The Executive Yuan is to immediately establish an ad hoc commission for the promotion
Chiang Kai-shek statues are pictured at the Cihu Mausoleum in Taoyuan yesterday. Photo: CNA
of transitional justice to disclose historical data and remove authoritarian symbols, Premier William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday.
The Legislative Yuan on Tuesday approved the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促進轉型正義條例) and Lai yesterday instructed Minister Without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) to establish such a committee by nominating a list of members, drafting the organizational regulations and planning a budget.
“The establishment has to be completed in the shortest time possible to meet public expectations for transitional justice and reconciliation,” Lai said. [FULL STORY]
