‘Tsai is not stopping political power from interfering in the judicial system, but is making it worse.’
The News Lens
Date: 2016/07/20
By: Chang Shin-wei
First Editor: Olivia Yang
Second Editor: Edward White
President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) nominations for the president and vice president of the Judicial
Photo Credit：AP/ 達志影像
Yuan on July 12 are the wrong first step in her goal to reform the judiciary, the chairperson of the Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation (TATR) wrote in an op-ed in the Apple Daily on July 20.
In line with the backlash in the legal field over the nominations, Huang Cheng-yi (黃丞儀) wrote that President Tsai had probably nominated Shieh Wen-ting (謝文定) and Lin Chin-fang (林錦芳), who both have more than 10 years of experience in the judicial system, because they have reputations for “complying with supervisors without question.”
Huang said this might imply an unwritten rule: “Obey your supervisors and you will get a promotion.” [FULL STORY]
