Assessing the judicial system, it has said since the beginning that only experts could participate in trials, [but through a lay judge system] later on common people could also participate. The lay judge system being proposed now would allow lay judges to rule on cases together with professional judges. In the end they scrapped the jury system and kept the lay judge system. If a lay judge system goes smoothly, in six years after assessments are made, would there be a chance that a jury system would be implemented? I would not rule out the possibility that a jury system could replace a lay judge system at that time.

Source: Taipei Times July 20, 2020 15:56 UTC