The president does not need the opinion of other countries to make plans, Su added. Other countries should not poke their noses into this,” Su said in response to media queries about the report. Su Tseng-chang would stay on as premier, while former premier Yu Shyi-kun (游錫堃) would be named legislative speaker and would share the duty of presiding over legislative proceedings with Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌), the report said. The Presidential Office yesterday rejected the China Times’ report. The office would respect the autonomy of the legislature and the caucuses in electing the legislative speaker, Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) said, adding that the report was baseless.
