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At the legislature, Education Minister Wu Maw-kuen attended the review of the Lifelong Learning Act. But legislators were still focused on the National Taiwan University president controversy. They questioned Wu on the legality of his ministry rejecting NTU's chosen candidate.
During my interpellation, I don't want to see the minister. I can ask him to leave. (It doesn't matter. You can ask other department heads.)
Pan-blue lawmakers decry the government's interference in university personnel decisions as a political expedient. They then walk over to Education Minister Wu Maw-kuen and demand an explanation for the ministry's interference with the appointment of National Taiwan University's new president.
The chair asked me to come ask him directly. Isn't that right? (You can ask him in private.) In private? (But please stop interfering with the agenda.)
Legislative Education and Culture Committee Chair Wu Szu-yao then ordered the lawmakers and minister to continue the discussion "in private" and called a five-minute recess, but the barrage of questions continued from all sides.
Does Kuan Chung-ming have the qualifications to be considered for (NTU) president again? (Of course he does.) Of course he does? Yes? Therefore -- (What I'm saying is, it's the selection committee that has the right to decide whether he is qualified.)
The Ministry of Education claims it did not interfere at NTU and says it ordered NTU to select a new president due to inconsistencies in selection and administrative procedures. Depending on how long the controversy drags on, NTU may be without a president for a year or two. Wu says this is not the ministry's problem and he has no opinion on whether NTU should get administrative relief.
