ABSTRACT
This chapter first discusses the background of transitional justice in Taiwan with a special focus on late-coming problems. Secondly, it introduces the political process of establishing transitional justice mechanisms after 2016, including the Party Assets Committee, the Transitional Justice Commission (TJC), the Political Archives Act, and the scenario workshops on Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Thirdly, it analyses three episodes regarding the chaos resulting from Tsai's transitional justice policy, including the inaugural nomination process in 2018, political scandals of the TJC's vice-chairperson, and the Party Assets Committee's handling of the National Women's League (Fulianhui, 婦聯會).
Finally, it outlines the political agenda underpinning Tsai's transitional justice strategy. This chapter argues that the drive to establish various transitional justice mechanisms in Tsai's first term did not come genuinely from her quest for historical justice or political morality. Instead, it suggests that it came from practical calculation, including the fierce competition against the New Power Party for political popularity after the Sunflower Movement and the long-term agenda of diminishing the KMT's political influence in future elections.
