美國知名智庫Brookings(布魯金斯)辦的一場研討會,主持人是前AIT理事主席卜睿哲,題目
是"Taiwan's Legislative Yuan: Oversight or Overreach?" 台灣立院:監督不足還是管
太多,有興趣的可以"聽"一下,有錄音檔,不過蠻長的就是了~
http://www.brookings.edu/events/2014/06/23-taiwan-legislative-yuan
台灣參加的學者有蘇起(沒錯,就是92共識那位),以及中研院的吳重禮
有趣的是蘇起演講的結論部分(語音檔37分左右,網頁右上角有他的投影片),發現他真老實
也很敢講
1. Legislators are busy mostly with non-legislative matters.
立法委員都在幹一些與法案無關的事
2. Standing Committees are mostly perfunctory.
常設委員會大多敷衍了事
3. Caucus Consultations are undemocratic, untransparent, yet decisive.
黨團協商不民主,不透明,卻有決定權;這裡蘇起分享說,當年他當立委的時候,一個資
深立委跟他說:別高興的太早,除非你進得了黨團協商那間小房間,否則根本不是真的
"立法"委員
4. Speaker and party whips are the real legislators.
立法院長和黨鞭才是真的"立法"委員
5. Speaker Wang is by far the most powerful person, even“the silent real king
”as an editorial recently titled him.
院長王金平是目前立院最有權力的人,甚至像是某社論所稱的the silent real king
6. The feud between President Ma and Speaker Wang is at the root of the
current stalemate in LY, as it sabotages the relationship between Executive
Yuan and Legislative Yuan, paralyzes KMT and its caucus in LY, emboldens the
DPP to take a more hardline position, and gives outside forces (e.g., the “
students”) room to intervene.
馬總統跟王院長的恩怨是目前立院停擺的主因,因為它破壞了行政院跟立法院的關係,癱
瘓了國民黨和其立院黨團,讓民進黨敢採強硬立場,也讓外部力量(如『學生』)有機會介
入
最後他說:
Saddening indeed, but I prefer to give you the truth, and I'll go back home
and face (the) music. 語畢,哄堂大笑XD(因為他開頭就講說,他來這裡講這些回台一定被
罵翻)
真敢講~~~