Education Minister Pan Wen-chung submitted his resignation last week due to the ongoing controversy of incoming National Taiwan University President Kuan Chung-ming not being able to take office due to political reasons. The vice education minister will attend the questioning sessions at the Legislative Yuan in Pan's place instead.
The lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) engage in a fierce argument at the Legislature. As the KMT lawmakers pose questions on the education ministry's plan to boost Taiwanese universities' global ranking, the DPP lawmakers tried to adjourn the session in order to avoid the questions.
The education minister has left. But the ruling DPP lawmakers still wouldn't face the questioning. I would like to know how much longer does the DPP want to stall the session?
Education Minister Pan Wen-chung submitted his resignation last week. Therefore, the vice education minsters attended the question sessions at the Legislature in Pan's place. However, two of the three vice-ministers are also speculated to have submitted their resignation. And the handling of the controversial case of incoming National Taiwan University President Kuan Chung-ming not being able to take office due to political reasons has been put on hold as well.
(When can we know the earliest?) (Does Kuan Chung-ming get to be the president of the National Taiwan University?) We need to wait until the new education minister comes and chair the meeting on that matter.
The alleged proof of Kuan Chung-ming having worked in Mainland China will need to be further verified.
Currently, staff members of several departments are on the job. We will wait until all the data has been gathered and prepared, and wait till the new education minister comes, to continue processing this case.
The ongoing controversy of the incoming National Taiwan University President Kuan Chung-ming not being able to take office due to political reasons has been speculated to be the main reason of the education minister stepping down. However, Chang Ching-jui, the vice-president of the National Taiwan University said the ongoing incident was only due to a difference in opinions. The education ministry said that several matters will resume after the new minister takes office.
