The legislature has passed amendments that abolish provisions allowing Public
Television Service board members to remain in office after their terms
expire.

Lawmakers from the KMT and TPP used their numerical advantage to delete the
so-called "indefinite extension" clause from the Public Television Act.

Under the previous law, board members whose terms had ended could continue
serving until new appointees formally took office, a mechanism critics said
enabled prolonged extensions and weakened governance.

The current PTS board's term expired in May last year, but a new board has
yet to be fully installed, as nominations haven't completed the review
process.

Under the law, the PTS board consists of 11 to 15 directors and three to five
supervisors. They have to be approved by two-thirds of a review committee
composed proportionally of party representatives.

DPP lawmaker Fan Yun said the amendments could paralyze board operations by
deterring qualified candidates who might not want to go through the partisan
wrangling that would inevitably result to fill the PTS board.

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