The New Power Party (NPP) expressed concerns over the examination process timeline for the upcoming vacancies on the Supreme Court bench in a press conference on Wednesday. The Supreme Court justices are currently expected to convene for an interim meeting June 14 to 21 to approve nominations.
The concerns come after President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) submitted four nominations to the Legislature on May 31. The NPP says that it thinks this meeting is too soon and will be rushed. It says this current time frame will not allow sufficient time for issues to be fully reviewed and that each nominee should receive half a day of independent questioning.
The NPP have raised ten areas of concern for the nominated individuals to address including gender equality and traffic safety. On Monday, NPP Legislator, Chiu Hsien-chih (邱顯智) said the most important criteria for examining the nominees is their ability to uphold human rights, not their position of authority.