Executive Yuan nominates 7 to NCC amid ongoing deadlock

The Executive Yuan on Friday nominated seven candidates for the National Communications Commission (NCC), including four to fill vacancies that have left the agency unable to operate normally since August 2024.Yuan Hsiu-hui (袁秀慧), managing attorney at Chang- Hui Law Office, was nominated to serve as chairperson of the NCC, which regulates Taiwan’s communications and broadcasting sectors, according to a news release.Shaw Ping (蕭蘋), a professor at National Sun Yat-sen University’s Institute of Marketing Communication, was nominated as vice chairperson of the commission. The National Communications Commission logo is pictured at the commission’s office in in Taipei in an undated photograph. Photo: Tsai Ssu-pei, Taipei Times The other nominees included Yu Chia-mu (游家牧), an associate professor