By Ann Maxon / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Standing Committee yesterday passed a decision to establish a committee tasked with drafting reform proposals for the party. The new committee would consist of Central Standing Committee members, KMT mayors, county commissioners, legislators and local councilors, as well as party members who can represent younger generations, party chairperson by-election candidates, experts and academics, the party said. The reform committee would have four sections devoted to reforming in the party’s personnel structure, cross-strait policy, youth participation and finances, it said. A preparatory committee headed by KMT Acting Chairman Lin Rong-te (林榮德) would handle the work to establish the reform committee, the party said, adding that Lin would also serve as the convener of the new committee until a new chairperson is elected. The Central Standing Committee also passed a decision to ban all members who have worked in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference or the Chinese National People’s Congress from running for a seat on the Central Standing Committee or Central Committee.
