NCC warns of an unprecedented paralysis

By Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said the legislature’s refusal to confirm nominations would result in administrative paralysis unprecedented since the body’s establishment in 2006.There are four vacancies in the NCC’s seven-member panel, and the terms of three serving members expired yesterday, but the opposition-dominated legislature continues to withhold the appointment of personnel.An NCC spokesperson said the commission is required by law to have at least two members to conduct business. National Communications Commission (NCC) commissioners sit at a desk at the NCC in Taipei on April 24 last year. Photo: CNA The commission has 748 cases in its docket, including broadcast license renewals, media