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Oct 2, 2026
Angelica OngPANELIST
Other legislative priorities, I think they're important to look about.
Angelica OngPANELIST
to look at, especially the control yuan.
Angelica OngPANELIST
It's been a problem for such a long time.
Angelica OngPANELIST
That body was set up to be a watchdog body in the Republic of China constitution.
Angelica OngPANELIST
But when you have all the head of the control yuan and all the members are appointed by the president, then it can't be a watchdog on the president.
Angelica OngPANELIST
And that's supposed to be a very important part of its role.
Gavin PhippsHOST
And what about the caning? Who is talking about caning, Angelica?
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Angelica OngPANELIST
And from the KMT side, they're saying, why won't President Lai nominate the more moderate candidates that we can approve? And from President Lai's point of view, he's like, oh, my God, they're not even letting through a single candidate.
speaker_0HOST
The new legislative session kicked off on Tuesday and already it's off to a turbulent start.
speaker_0HOST
The legislature was set to vote on the nominees put forward by the presidential office to lead the control yuan.
speaker_0HOST
But once again, the KMT and TPP joined forces to reject every single one of them.
speaker_0HOST
The presidential office expressed regret with Secretary General Pan Meng-an saying he had tried to arrange meetings with the opposition to no avail.
speaker_0HOST
Let's hear more.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The control yuan is just for show now anyway.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I voted against all the nominees.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Despite the higher budget, the efficiency and speed at which complaints are handled is still terrible.
Alex TruppHOST
These are your top stories for September thirtieth, twenty twenty-six.
Alex TruppHOST
Taiwan's legislature rejected all twenty-seven nominees for the Control Yuan, the constitutional watchdog that monitors the government, in a roll call vote on September twenty-ninth.
Alex TruppHOST
The opposition KMT and Taiwan People's Party caucuses voted as a bloc against every candidate, including president nominee Chen Jung-shing, denying each the majority of all lawmakers required for confirmation.
Alex TruppHOST
The Control Yuan warned that its impeachment censure and correction powers have stalled, that thousands of monthly public petitions cannot be processed, and that the National Human Rights Commission, a body set up under the United Nations Paris Principles, cannot operate.
Alex TruppHOST
The sixth term members' terms expired on July thirty-first, and no seventh term can take office.
Alex TruppHOST
The presidential office said it deeply regrets the outcome, while the Control Yuan rejected opposition accusations that it had become a tool for hunting political enemies, calling the claims baseless.
Alex TruppHOST
Next in crime news, a forty-four-year-old man in San Chong, New Taipei, was arrested and prosecutors sought his detention after he forced his thirteen-year-old daughter to walk in public wearing a cardboard sign bearing her name and derogatory words, including thief and animal, while family members filmed her.
Alex TruppHOST
Bystanders said the girl had injuries on her face and arms.
Alex TruppHOST
The ward chief said a volunteer had inadvertently left it behind and denied that it was tossed by the roadside.
Alex TruppHOST
Next, in political news, the Legislative Yuan will hold a recorded vote on September twenty-ninth on consent for the next Control Yuan president, vice president, and twenty-five members.
Alex TruppHOST
Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Meng-an will accompany the nominees to visit the DPP caucus at eight thirty in the morning ahead of the ten o'clock vote, expressing hope that all nominees win legislative approval so the constitutional body can continue functioning.
Alex TruppHOST
The twenty-seven nominees are bundled into a single ballot, with each party caucus dispatching one member to oversee the vote.
Alex TruppHOST
Taiwan's Administrative Enforcement Agency has seized the seventy million New Taiwan Dollar bail posted by former Taipei Kouen-ge.
Alex TruppHOST
The agency's Taipei branch said the money will go toward fines totaling ninety-seven million, eight hundred and thirty-three thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight New Taiwan dollars that the Control Yuan imposed after finding Ko violated the Political Donations Act.
Alex TruppHOST
Because Ko posted the bail himself, the agency said the sum counts as his own liable property and can be enforced.
Alex TruppHOST
Ko's wife, Chen Pei-chi, protested on Facebook, calling the seizure banditry and insisting the money was hers, funds she says she earned and borrowed.
Eric Michael SmithHOST
Chen Lian, the son of a former premier and vice president, Chen Chen.
John RossHOST
Chen Luan had been economics minister, defense minister, and president of the Control Yuan.
John RossHOST
He resigned from the KMT and ran as an independent with a human rights lawyer.
Eric Michael SmithHOST
So this guy, Chen, his campaign emphasized clean government, personal morality, and spiritual renewal.
Eric Michael SmithHOST
Chen Yuyan, the son of a former premier and vice president Chen Chang.
John RossHOST
Chen Luan had been economics minister, defense minister, and president of the Control Yuan.
John RossHOST
He resigned from the KMT and ran as an independent with a human rights lawyer.
Eric Michael SmithHOST
Yeah.