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On Establishment and Operation of Political Appointee Legal System / Tsai Liang-Wen

In the globalization and political changes, the Examination Yuan, working with "changes" of government governance, grasps the "time" in order to obtain "flexibility" which is to "catching up with the time" to achieve "changes" and "flexibility". Political affair leadership is the most direct channel to control the civilian officer system for the ruling party. Therefore, after reshuffling of political parties in 2000, political appointees and high-ranking civilian officers had to be reconstructed in the public officer system. Normally, function of the political affair level is to determine government policies and public resources allocation. Political appointees have to be responsible for the decision-making. Strategies, administration management and execution skill are three levels to maintain government operation. These three levels have to be conducted in accordance with political affair level and shall not deviate from policies.
We assess and explain policies of Tenth Guiding Principles of the Examination Yuan after political party reshuffling, and reform projects of government restructure procedures, establishment and development of political appointee legal system with introduction of dual Dichotomy-Duality Model by Svara J. H. to elaborate distinction between political appointees and career civil servants and further offer discussions and concrete suggestions on political appointees and judicial personnel.

Key words: political appointees, political positions, government affair leadership, political responsibility, global governance