Control Yuan nominees’ legislature visit canceledBLOCKED PLANS? KMT lawmakers had assembled at an entrance, apparently seeking to prevent Chen Chu from entering the Legislative Yuan for a planned courtesy visitBy Chen Yun and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Legislative Yuan at the last minute yesterday canceled a scheduled visit by Chen Chu (陳菊), who has been nominated as Control Yuan president, and other nominees to visit lawmakers, citing “intelligence” it received and other arrangement issues. The KMT caucus opposes Tsai’s nomination of Chen, saying that her qualifications to lead the branch are stained by cases being investigated by the Control Yuan from when Chen was Kaohsiung mayor. If Chen is to become Control Yuan president, she would be “handling her own corruption cases,” which would severely undermine the nation’s constitutional system, the KMT caucus said. The TPP caucus has initiated steps to abolish the Control Yuan and the Examination Yuan with constitutional amendments, making the visit even more unnecessary, Lai said.

Source: Taipei Times July 03, 2020 15:56 UTC