KMT QUESTIONS THE LEGITIMACY OF CIPAS ON FIRST HEARING|不當黨產會首開聽證會 國黨大陣仗回擊

On Oct. 7, the Committee of Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement, or the CIPAS, held its first hearing. The committee tried to determine if two KMT-controlled investment companies, Central Investment Holding Company and Hsinyutai Co. are part of the KMT's illicit party assets. The KMT was well-prepared, with a team of lawyers and witnesses. They also questioned the legitimacy of the CIPAS, criticizing the timing of the hearing and the lack of due process. The Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee called its first hearing to investigate the KMT's illicit party assets. The committee focused on two KMT-owned investment companies and tried to determine whether they are KMT affiliate organizations or part of the KMT's ill-gotten party assets. However, the KMT questioned the legitimacy of the CIPAS and denounced the committee for trying to undermine the opposition party. ==CHIU DA-CHAN, KMT Admin. Mgmt. Committee Director== The Act Governing Ill-gotten Party Assets is an utterly unconstitutional law. If all KMT assets are confiscated based on this law, everyone in the CIPAS will go down in history as a negligent official. ==GORDON CHEN, Central Investment Holding board member== This is like in the ancient times when people tried to eliminate their enemies. The Act Governing Ill-gotten Party Assets is unconstitutional and illegal. It imposes inadequate rules. This law does not live up to the legal standards of a country with the rule of law. Gordon Chen was the first to testify in the questioning session. Chen faltered when the CIPAS chairman Wellington Koo and other members asked about the funding of Central Investment Holding Company, and the KMT's designated witness Wu Wei-chih suddenly made loud protests and walked out of the session. ==WU WEI-CHIH, KMT designated witness== We are required to answer all the questions. We cannot exercise our right to remain silent because according to the Act Governing Ill-gotten Party Assets, properties which I cannot account for will be presumed illegal party assets. The questioning session is highly coercive. Chiu pledged that the KMT will uphold the law and the constitution. All KMT party assets can be donated to charity after deducting its office properties and staff salaries. He also suggested that the case should be handled by an independent third party. The KMT's representing lawyer Charles Chang questioned the committee's legitimacy since the Act Governing Ill-gotten Party Assets has not yet come into force. He also said more witnesses should be called to clarify the facts. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 追討國民黨不當黨產，不當黨產處理委員會7號首度召開聽證會，鎖定國民黨營中投及欣裕台公司，是否為國民黨附隨組織，以及股權是否國民黨所有，是否是不當取得的黨產，該不該收歸國有；與會的國民黨行管會主委邱大展率先開砲，質疑黨產會的正當性；中投公司董事長陳樹也批評黨產會，摧毁在野黨。 ==國民黨行管會主委 邱大展== 我們今天如果國民黨被一個 我們號稱是違憲博物館的 不當黨產條例 把整個財產沒收 我們認為在任的每一個人 在歷史上面都是有虧職守的 ==中投公司董事 陳樹== 我們看到以前在搶親 跟抄家滅族那個時候的手段 好像又油然而生 今天立一個違法違憲的條例 就是認為你這個不當 你這個要處理 不當都是在這個法律裡面認定 禁不起世界各國 依照法治國原則各種的檢驗 當聽證會進行到詢問階段時，陳樹首先上場，在顧立雄和黨產會委員針對中投成立之初，2億資金由政府公債支出，和齊魯購地細節，輪番提問，陳樹因資料不齊，有點招架不住，台下國民黨指定證人吳威志，突然高聲抗議，還憤而退席。 ==國民黨指定證人 吳威志== 他必須一定要陳述 連緘默權都沒有 為什麼他連緘默權都沒有 因為不當黨產條例裡面有規定 如果我不回答的話 被推定為不當黨產 這是一個非常壓迫性的詢問 邱大展則表明，國民黨護法護憲不護產，只要扣除辦公室和黨工薪資，黨產可全捐公益，並向黨產會建議交由公正第三方處理；另外國民黨律師張少騰質疑，黨產條例施行細則還沒生效，如何判斷中投欣裕台是國民黨附隨組織？也希望另開聽證會，申請更多曾親自參與黨產運作的證人列席，才能更還原事實。 記者 李曉儒 彭耀祖 台北報導