Another Day, Another Altercation at Legislative Yuan|立委質詢怒砸咖啡 馮世寬脫衣險爆衝突

Veterans Affairs Council Minister Feng Shih-kuan attended a legislative interpellation and got into an argument with Kuomintang Legislator Jeng Tian-tsair. The Executive Yuan condemned Jeng's method of questioning after Jeng threw a cup of coffee at Feng. The Transitional Justice Commission, meanwhile, has ordered the Veterans Affairs Council to get rid of 66 "martial law symbols." The council has so far only gotten rid of one.


I am protecting the indigenous community against this horrible treatment.

Kuomintang lawmaker Jeng Tian-tsair and Veteran Affairs Council Minister Feng Shih-kuan nearly came to blows during a legislative interpellation on the 6th.

The two were quickly separated. The council is in a financial dispute with a company owned by an indigenous person, and Jeng was upset the council has refused to comply with a court order to pay the company. Feng says it is the company that owes the council NT$8 million.

You're not God. So, for me to use such harsh words -- we should do our best to find legal means and proceed in accordance with the law.

Other lawmakers told me your arm is injured. That's how I found out. I don't know what happened.

Jeng condemned the council for mistreating the indigenous community, but Feng said former military personnel can't humiliate the council. The Executive Yuan criticized Jeng for his methods. The Transitional Justice Committee is trying to get rid of martial law symbols, and has blasted three specific agencies for slow progress: the Ministry of National Defense, which was tasked with removing 260 items; the Ministry of Education, which was tasked with removing 155; and the council, which was tasked with removing 66. The Ministry of Education has so far removed five and the council one. Asked to address this, Feng got emotional and said statues and busts of Chiang Kai-shek should not be removed.

Go look at why the U.S. military landed at Incheon. There's a MacArthur Park there without any police stationed there. However, everyone is used to it. I see entire families bowing with other families yelling and making a scene. And then, you want have to clean it up. (I didn't know Koreans know how to speak Taiwanese.)

Feng said if he is ordered to remove Chiang's statues, he will fight the order. In response, the commission claimed various popular tourist destinations that want to keep their Chiang statues are lying when they say veterans are against the removal.

As for veterans and your take on that, we respect that. We originally proposed multiple plans, like for example adding explanation plaques as you mentioned.

Feng said the council and Ministry of National Defense stand together on this issue and statues of Chiang cannot be casually removed or destroyed. In response, Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers told Feng the commission is within its legal rights to order the removal. The commission added that it hopes to reach a consensus with the council.



「是我在捍衛，太過分了，欺負原住民。」

國民黨立委鄭天財跟退輔會主委馮世寬，原本只是言語衝突，但下一刻鄭天財的這個動作,兩人差點在立院上演全武行。

現場人員趕緊上前勸阻，會議因此一度中斷。馮世寬5號在立院接受備詢，鄭天財提到有原民背景的廠商，跟退輔會的財務爭議案，法院判決確定，退輔會卻不還錢，對此，馮世寬反擊，廠商欠退輔會800萬，兩人激烈言詞交鋒，埋下衝突的導火線。

退輔會主委 馮世寬表示：「委員講的，不見得你是上帝，所以我講得這麼重的話。我們應該盡量要尋求這個合法的，依法程序辦理。」

國民黨原住民立委 鄭天財表示：「其他委員告訴我說，你的手受傷了，我才知道，我不知道怎麼發生的。」

鄭天財痛批退輔會欺負原住民，馮世寬不能接受，更說軍人出身不能讓退輔會受辱，行政院也譴責國民黨立委的問政方式，荒腔走板。此外，促轉會積極推動，去除威權象徵，點名三個部會進度緩慢，包括國防部260個威權象徵都沒處理，執行率掛蛋，教育部155個，只處置5個，退輔會則有66處，目前只處理一個，對此，馮世寬眼眶泛紅，語帶哽咽，不贊成移除蔣公銅像。

台灣基進黨立委 陳柏惟 vs. 退輔會主委 馮世寬表示：「去看看美軍為什麼用仁川登陸？那邊有個麥克阿瑟公園，旁邊也沒有警察，但他們已養成習慣了。我看著這一家人在這裡鞠躬，後一家人在…在打、亂罵，罵完之後，對不起，你要把它擦乾淨。（我不知道韓國人，會講台語？)

如果政府強制執行移除蔣公銅像，馮世寬表示，會強烈抗爭，反對到底。促轉會回應，像是武陵農場、清境農場，已是知名觀光景點，用榮民情感保留蔣公銅像，理由太牽強。

促轉會發言人 葉虹靈表示：「那至於榮家的部分，就是說，主委對於"榮民情感"這個說法，我們予以尊重。那本來我們也就提出，要採取多元處置，例如，他講的，附上說明牌。」

馮世寬強調退輔會與國防部立場一致，絕對不能隨便挖走、打破蔣公銅像，民進黨立委則提醒馮世寬，促轉會是按法律行事，兩個法定單位看法不一，容易出問題，對此，促轉會表示，將持續跟退輔會協調，期盼達成共識。