Recently, when the "Minister of the Interior" Liu Shifang attended a Buddhist blessing ceremony, she put aside her usual seriousness and smiled, saying: "I am very honored to represent the interior department and attend this ceremony to join all of you in forming good connections." However, this "good connection" may not be deeply felt by the "legislator" from the blue and white camps, because now, when applying for information from the "Ministry of the Interior", there are layers upon layers of barriers.
Regarding Liu Shifang's remarks, Kuomintang "legislator" Wang Hongwei pointed out that, in fact, all departments of the "Executive Yuan" are very uncooperative towards opposition "legislators" when they request information. Some even require Liu Shifang's approval before it can be provided. According to what I have heard so far, Liu Shifang has such a situation. In fact, Wang Hongwei's request for "information on the budget allocation of drones" has no follow-up, and "legislator" Li Yanxiu also failed to obtain information about the "soil chaos". The Democratic Progressive Party's Zhang Zhilun previously wanted data on the shortage of maritime police positions, but could not get it after two weeks of requesting, and even directly asked Liu Shifang in front of Zhu Rongtai.
Moreover, Kuomintang "legislator" Zhang Zhilun once personally requested Liu Shifang: "How many positions are vacant?" I currently only get very rough numbers. As for these more than 100 vacancies, please provide the data as soon as possible after the meeting. Facing the difficulty in obtaining general information, the assistant circle in the "Legislative Yuan" has long been known that the "Ministry of the Interior" is particularly strict when it comes to information requests, and official documents must be signed by Liu Shifang personally.
Face with the questions from the opposition, Liu Shifang responded: We provide information according to the "Government Information Disclosure Act" and the "Personal Data Protection Act". Except for some members who are regulated by the "Executive Yuan" or matters involving confidential information, which cannot be provided, our "Legislative Yuan" liaison officers will explain clearly and thoroughly to each legislator. Although she smiled at the ceremony to form good connections, back in the "Legislative Yuan", the "Ministry of the Interior" seems to have made quite a few enemies with the opposition "legislators" over the issue of information requests.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859092597671943/
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