The legislative body of the Taiwan authorities approved the establishment of a "Mirror TV" case investigation group on March 11. (Photo source: Taiwan's "Central News Agency")
Taiwan's pro-green media "Mirror TV" has been subject to frequent controversies from its establishment to its launch. Political forces were also involved in the review process. The Taiwan authorities' "Communications and Communications Commission (ncc)" approved the establishment The resolution has been repeatedly questioned by outsiders. In the past, the "opposition" Democratic Representative repeatedly proposed the establishment of a "Mirror TV" task force, but was blocked by the DPP. The Kuomintang and the People's Party recently jointly approved the establishment of a "Mirror TV application and subsequent malpractice disputes" review task force. "TV" suspicions finally have a chance to be tested in the sun.
The Democratic Progressive Party tasted the failure of escort for the first time.
Chen Yaoxiang, the head of Taiwan's "Communications Committee", went to the "Transportation Committee" of Taiwan's legislative body on March 11 to accept questions. The original agenda was to conduct a business overview report, but because the written report contained There was no mention of the "Mirror TV Application Case" and the "Zhongtian News Channel License Replacement Case", and up to 70% of the content was duplicated in last year's report, which aroused dissatisfaction and protests from the "opposition" people's representatives, demanding that Chen Yaoxiang's business report be returned and directly entered into questioning stage.
Although Chen Yaoxiang has "announced" that he will return to teach at Taipei University when his term expires in July, many representatives of the public have successively raised questions about "Mirror TV" and other issues. "Mirror TV" is the first channel in Taiwan to successfully apply for a news station in the past ten years. During the application period, it was reported that senior officials from the Democratic Progressive Party were involved; after "Mirror TV" obtained the license in January 2022, the chairman and other senior officials There have been frequent changes among people, with three chairman changes within a month, and even the composition of the board of directors has changed significantly. It was even revealed that Pei Wei, the president of "Mirror Weekly", still received 1.5 million per month after resigning as chairman of "Mirror TV" Controversy over NT$ advisory fees.
People's Party representative Huang Guochang questioned that the lawyer of "Mirror TV" shareholder Chen Taiming once pointed out that the company's seal is still in Pei Wei's hand, and only one "Mirror Weekly" accountant can see all the company's bank information. Does Chen Yaoxiang have control? Chen Yaoxiang replied that an investigation has been conducted, but the current investigation results cannot prove that what Chen Taiming said is correct. Huang Guochang criticized, "Are the results of the investigation unproven? Or are you investigating indiscriminately?"
Because Chen Yaoxiang never admitted that the investigation was illegal, and did not believe that "Mirror TV" was in danger of violating regulations, he angered the "opposition" people. Representatives Huang Jianhao, Liao Xianxiang, Qiu Ruohua, and Lin Peixiang of the Kuomintang and Representative Lin Guocheng of the Kuomintang jointly proposed a temporary proposal. With a vote of 6 to 5, they broke through the DPP blockade and decided to establish a "Mirror TV Application and Subsequent Fraud Disputes" review task force. Let the DPP experience the taste of "convoy failure" for the first time.
Chen Yaoxiang, head of Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission". (Source: Taiwan's "United News Network")
The key points in the operation of the review group have become the next battlefield
The Kuomintang and the People's Democratic Party jointly established the first review group in Taiwan's legislative body. The next highlight is to discuss the "Mirror TV Review" "Key points for the operation of the task force", Taiwan's political arena may start another war. In accordance with the procedures of Taiwan's legislative body, the review group will hold its first meeting to recommend conveners to each other and discuss the name of the task force. The blue, green and white caucuses will also propose "key points for the operation of the Mirror TV Review Task Force", such as clearly stating who will be the convener or who will take turns, how many people can attend meetings and resolutions, and the operating hours of the group.
Kuomintang League Secretary-General Hong Mengkai said that the review team will clarify the meeting materials of Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission" that have reviewed "Mirror TV", the meeting speech records of relevant officials, etc., and will also ask Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission" to provide relevant audio files. , in order to clarify the truth as soon as possible and let the public understand the review process.
Huang Jianhao, the National Representative of the Kuomintang, believes that Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission" has many judicial lawsuits still ongoing, and the number of litigation cases is large, and the litigation costs have skyrocketed due to the failure of the lawsuit. Since Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission" spends people's tax dollars to litigate, Naturally, the review process and content need to be made clear to the public.
National Representative Huang Jianhao of the Kuomintang said that the review team will understand the application process of "Mirror TV", whether the materials submitted by "Mirror TV" meet the indicators set by Taiwan's "Communications and Communications Commission", as well as the equity structure of "Mirror TV", etc. These are all key points to be clarified. Wu Siyao, secretary-general of the
Democratic Progressive Party, pointed out that if Cai Bi, the former representative of the Kuomintang Party, has reported the matter, the judiciary is investigating. For the case under investigation, the Taiwan legislative body is not allowed to access the relevant documents because it is already a judicial case and the relevant documents are all At the inspection, "We are also very doubtful about what can be transferred?"
People's Party representative Lin Guocheng retorted that the information reviewed by the inspection team did not involve judicial, security, confidentiality and other issues, and was completely granted to the people's representative for inspection in accordance with regulations. The power of information, and then to clarify the truth of the matter, it is necessary to have a review team to operate. "If the DPP has no evil intentions, why should it be afraid of review?"
The picture shows Chen Yaoxiang, the head of Taiwan's "Communications and Communication Commission" in 2022 In October 2016, he went to Taiwan's legislative body to report on the "Mirror TV" controversy. (Photo source: Taiwan’s “China Times News Network”)
Blue and White team up to uncover the shady story, a perfect starting point
Taiwan’s “China Times” analysis pointed out that the “Mirror TV application case” involves senior officials of the Democratic Progressive Party, with constant rumors and revelations, and prosecutors However, Fang’s investigation office has yet to make any progress, and the previous Democratic Progressive Party tried its best to oppose it. Even though the Kuomintang, the People’s Party and the “Power of the Times” all advocated the establishment of a review team and wanted to open Pandora’s box, due to the gap in numbers, It is difficult to defeat the Democratic Progressive Party's complete "governing" advantage, so that the case became an unsolved issue left by the previous Taiwan legislative body.
After the election in Taiwan in early January this year, the Democratic Progressive Party’s number of seats in the new Taiwan legislative body has been lower than that of the “opposition” alliance. This time the Blue and White teamed up to break through the siege, allowing the previously blocked "Mirror TV" review team to smoothly Its establishment is an excellent starting point for the "opposition" to strongly supervise the "governing". If the shady secrets can be successfully revealed, it will definitely pose a considerable threat to the DPP in the future, and it will not dare to mess up again.
Taiwan's "United Daily News" commented that currently Taiwan's legislative body is made up of only three parties, with Blue and White forming the majority. The "opposition party" finally has the weapons to flex its power of supervision. However, even if a review team is set up, based on past experience, the data provided by the relevant departments will mostly be obscured and blackened on the documents on the grounds of protecting personal information, confidential documents, etc. When Taiwan's legislative body reform "bill" has not yet been passed, and there are no penalties for the relevant departments to provide data, what kind of inside story can the "Mirror TV" investigation team be able to uncover? It also makes the outside world doubtful.
Blue and White jointly established the "Mirror TV Application and Subsequent Fraud Controversy" review project team. It is the first review team established by Taiwan's legislative body this term, and it can be regarded as a report card of cooperation between "opposition parties". However, in the eight years since the Democratic Progressive Party has been in power, not only the "Mirror TV application case" has been full of doubts, but the truth of the "Tsai Ing-wen special plane smuggling case", the "high-end" vaccine procurement case, and the lack of eggs have not been clarified. How the "opposition parties" continue to join forces to uncover the shady story will also test the determination and skill of supervision. [Source: Comprehensive report from China Jingwei Network]
