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the office of taiwan leader lai ching-te announced the list of nominees for "grand justice" on the 30th. the nominee for deputy head of the judiciary, yao liming, once helped political novice ko wen-je successfully enter the taipei city government, but in the 2024 "general election", he served as the chairman of the campaign headquarters of lai ching-te's camp and was regarded by lai as an election confidant who "can help me defeat ko wen-je."

hsiao bi-chin, the convener of the "grand justice" nomination review panel and vice president of taiwan, claimed that lai qingde believed that yao liming met the set standards, including professionalism, internationalization, progressiveness, and a balance of academic and practical backgrounds, and could meet the high expectations of society. however, grassroots judges were furious, and some people on the judges' forum said that lai qingde's move was "repaying his gratitude through the election"!

it is reported that yao liming is known as a "political chameleon". he once joined the new party and was elected as an electoral representative. he participated in the "anti-bian movement" and served as a director of the "tsai ing-wen education foundation". in 2014, he served as the campaign director of ke wenzhe and successfully helped ke enter the taipei city government. in 2018, yao also criticized the democratic progressive party as garbage. however, he served as the chairman of lai qingde's campaign headquarters in 2024. public opinion analysis said that yao liming's nomination this time can be regarded as the judicial official who has been most involved in politics in history.

it is reported that among the seven nominated "justices", only wang bifang is a judge, which caused the grassroots judges to go crazy and question the candidates nominated by lai qingde, saying that they did not consider judicial practice and were "green friends".

someone in the judges forum sarcastically said that lai ching-te "repaid his gratitude" so quickly. zhang wen-zhen had just advocated views favorable to the ruling party in the "constitutional court" and was immediately nominated as the head of the judiciary. lai ching-te nominated yao li-ming as "repaying his gratitude through the election" and nominated zhang wen-zhen as "repaying his gratitude through the constitutional interpretation."

some people also asked in return whether lai ching-te's use of the position of "grand justice" to "repay a favor" after the election should be considered a crime of profiteering with a quid pro quo relationship, and whether this should also be investigated.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald