In its final months, the Transitional Justice Commission yesterday reported on its progress to the Legislative Yuan, while saying that Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂) and Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park (經國七海文化園區) are authoritarian symbols.
The commission’s acting minister, Yeh Hung-ling (葉虹靈), said that 5,954 guilty verdicts had as of Feb. 28 been dismissed.
The commission has reviewed and officially recognized 42 locations where injustices were committed and has pushed them to be conserved, she added.
The operations of national intelligence and martial courts in the 1970s were reviewed and a report to be presented to the legislature in May is being drafted, Yeh
By Hsieh Chun-lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerNew Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih （邱顯智） on Friday urged the government to increase the military conscription period to one year, citing the effectiveness of Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) on Friday urged the government to increase the military conscription period to one year, citing the effectiveness of Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
Chiu, speaking during a session of the Legislative Yuan, said that conscription appears to have played a large role in bolstering Ukraine’s ability to exact a heavy price on Russia, which invaded its eastern European neighbor on Feb. 24.
The Taiwanese military which discharged its last group of mandatory conscripts in December 2018 is mostly comprised of volunteers, although men are still obligated to complete four months of military training and
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators yesterday called on the Legislative Yuan to launch a videoconference system for legislators in isolation or quarantine, and urged the government to purchase more oral antiviral drugs for treating COVID-19.
TPP Legislator Ann Kao (高虹安) and New Power Party Legislator Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) yesterday held a joint news conference calling on the Legislative Yuan to speed up its digital transformation with videoconferencing for legislative meetings, as the risk of infection continues with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
In May last year, the legislature tested a videoconferencing system, but it had not been tested, updated or officially used
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