Elections for new board members of the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation (
New board members elected included Yu Shyi-kun, secretary-general to the president, Ovid Tseng, the education minister, Weng Yueh-sheng (
Allegations about misuse of funds were raised on Friday when DPP legislators, including Lin Kuo-hua (
At the press conference, the legislators alleged that Hsu Cho-yun (
Lin said that as the foundation got most of its money from the government, it was inconceivable not to have any government representatives on its board of directors. He also suggested that if elections for the new board could not be held with due process, the foundation should simply be scrapped.
People First Party Chairman James Soong (
On the other hand, Hsu Cho-yun pointed out that the election of one third of the board's members yesterday afternoon would not have any impact on the foundation's status.
Hsu emphasized that the main function of the foundation was to collect donations. When asked about whether representatives of the DPP government becoming new board members might affect the foundation's future academic policies, Hsu maintained that everything would proceed under the framework that had been established before.
The Presidential Office announced yesterday morning that they had not interfered with the foundation's board member election. They also said that the Presidential Office had not been threatened by anyone with regards to the election.
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