KMT, TPP vote to bar PTS board from longer termsStaff writer, with CNAThe legislature has passed amendments that abolish provisions allowing Public Television Service (PTS) board members to remain in office after their terms expire. The amendments cleared the Legislative Yuan yesterday in a 59-49 vote, with lawmakers from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) using their numerical advantage to delete the so-called “indefinite extension” clause from the Public Television Act (公共電視法). Under the previous law, board members whose terms had ended could continue serving until new appointees formally took office, a mechanism critics said enabled prolonged extensions and weakened governance. The Public Television Service headquarters in Taipei are pictured in an undated photograph. During the floor debate, TPP Legislator Liu Shu-bin (劉書彬) said abolishing the rule would prevent “perpetual board members” and help safeguard the broadcaster’s independence.

Source: Taipei Times January 16, 2026 17:12 UTC