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On legislating transitional justice

Huang Cheng-yi (黃丞儀) and Yeh Hung-ling (葉虹靈)

For several consecutive days, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) legislative caucus has been blocking legislation for the promotion of transitional justice proposed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). They first withdrew en masse from voting on the draft act, then proposed that it be reconsidered. In the end, the KMT was too few in numbers, and the party lost the vote on whether the proposal should be reconsidered before being submitted to the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee by 68 votes against 25.

Taiwan among nations targeted by US exercises

Taiwan Tati Cultural & Educational Foundation

A US FA-18 jet lands on the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in the South China Sea on April 15.
Photo: AP

The US military conducted “freedom of navigation” operations against 13 countries last year, including Taiwan, and several to challenge China’s claims in the South and East China seas, according to an annual Pentagon report released on Monday.

Ma’s delusions tar his legacy

Taipei Times Editorial

Even though President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is to step down in less than a month, he still appears to be stuck in “la-la land,” feeling content with his governance and record with no sign he is aware of how Taiwanese really feel or mainstream public opinion.

Ma’s apparent delusional state is evidenced by his comments in a recent interview with the Straits Times from Singapore.

KMT may resort to grand justices on assets: Huang

Taipei Times

New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) yesterday said that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) might use any government agencies it can influence, including the Council of Grand Justices, to obstruct legislation on ill-gotten party assets.

Huang made the remarks at the second and last day of the “Transitional Justice and Law” symposium held in Taipei by the Taiwan Association of University Professors, during which academics discussed the impediments to transitional justice.

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