One proposal to amend media reform legislation would not only seek the removal of legislators from operating or owning a TV station as the DPP would like, but would also prohibit elected politicians from producing or hosting both TV and radio shows.
DPP Legislator Julian Kuo (
"Politicians hosting or producing broadcast shows is just like athletes serving as referees in a single game. It should be prohibited," Kuo said in the press conference.
According to information from the Government Information Office (GIO), Independent lawmaker Sisy Chen (
Chen has declined to quit her posts at the two talk shows, saying that she would only consider leaving the media if DPP legislator Trong Chai (
Chai, meanwhile, has refused to make a decision as to whether he will step down as FTV's chairman since February, saying that breaking up the monopolization of the market has not yet been achieved.
Aside from Chen, Independent Aborigine lawmaker May Chin (
DPP legislative caucus leader Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), said that the caucus has not yet discussed how it would handle the proposal, but has affirmed that "No other country in the world would allow prominent politicians to host TV and radio shows."
In response, KMT Legislator Hung Hsiu-chu (
PFP Legislator Diane Lee (李慶安) said her party hasn't reached agreement over the issue.
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