The KMT seems to be on the offensive in the legislature as of late, seeking to roll back much of what has occurred under the Tsai administration using its narrow majority. The latest case of this would be the KMT seeking to amend laws previously pushed for by the DPP targeting the KMT’s party assets, with regards to the China Youth Corps...
The issue of the KMT’s illicit party assets continues to be an issue linked with broader efforts aimed at achieving transitional justice in Taiwan, as observed in a number of recent incidents...
The convoluted saga of the Chinese Women’s League continues, with reports that the organization has decided to transition into a political party in order to maintain the organization...
Efforts to realize transitional justice and to address the KMT’s illicit party assets have encountered a significant obstacle in the form of a ruling by the Taipei High Administrative Court that the assets of the Chinese Women’s League must be unfrozen...
In comparing the Tsai administration’s attempt to target illegal KMT party assets in Taiwan and the current anti-corruption campaign undertaken by the Xi administration in China, perhaps we can draw out some of the differences between the Taiwanese and Chinese political systems...
If, as of late, the KMT has been demonstrating the fact that the DPP’s investigation into its party assets has led to an inability for it to pay party workers, this merely reflects to what degree the KMT is reliant on illegally obtained party assets to maintain the functioning of the party...
Is the KMT running scared on the issue of party assets? A freeze of a KMT-owned Bank SinoPac account was recently ordered by the task force investigating KMT party assets. The freeze took place after a withdrawal of 520 million NTD from the Bank SinoPac account, which was exchanged for ten cashiers checks from the Bank of Taiwan...
