Taipei Times
Date: Jan 28, 2016
By Tsou Ching-wen and Tseng Wei-chen / Staff reporters
While president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said she would respect the
From left to right, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ming-wen, Legislator Ker Chien-ming and legislator-elect Su Jia-chyuan yesterday attend the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting in Taipei. Photos: Taipei Times and CNA
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus’ choice of legislative speaker for the incoming legislature, it has been widely predicted that DPP legislator-elect Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) is likely to be named to the role.
Tsai yesterday reaffirmed her stance on speaker selection as she attended a DPP caucus meeting at the Legislative Yuan, which media described as her supervising selection, but Tsai said her attendance at the first meeting of a new caucus was routine.
She urged caucus members to live up to the public’s expectations and spend time reviewing bills and focusing on transparency, reform, unity and public participation.
“Whether the reshuffled Cabinet, led by incoming premier Simon Chang (張善政), is of a caretaker nature or not, it should perform its duties and the DPP caucus should participate in its supervisory role while respecting the newly appointed Cabinet to help stabilize the political situation,” Tsai said. [FULL STORY]
