Xu Jiaqing resigns. Kuomintang group: The law does not have an "exemption clause for stepping down" and thorough investigation cannot be stopped.

Xu Jiaqing resigned today. Xu Yuzhen (left), secretary-general of the Kuomintang League, said that Xu Jiaqing can leave his official position, but his legal responsibilities cannot be written off. (File photo)

It was recently revealed that Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, used public funds to go abroad and used his privileges to let his son land on Dongsha Island. The day before yesterday, the People's Party caucus accused Xu Jiaqing of taking his son to pretend to be a "camera officer" on a business trip to Europe during his tenure, and tacitly allowing his husband to use official cars of foreign embassy in the United States. Xu Jiaqing issued a statement today to resign, and requested relevant administrative and judicial investigations. In this regard, Xu Yuzhen, secretary-general of the Kuomintang League, said that Xu Jiaqing can leave his official position, but his legal responsibilities cannot be written off. Since the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office has divided the investigation into separate cases, the investigation should be carried out all the way to the end. The whole case must not be allowed to be closed politically just because Xu Jiaqing stepped down. A thorough investigation must be carried out.

Xu Yuzhen pointed out that what needs to be investigated now is not whether Xu Jiaqing is suitable to be an official, but whether she has broken any laws during her tenure. Why does the son appear in relevant information under the name "Photographer"? Has your husband ever used an official vehicle from another embassy? Have the manpower, vehicles, reception or other national resources of the overseas missions been used? Who gave the order, who approved it, who cooperated, and how the expenses were written off? These are specific legal and administrative liability issues. Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the representative offices in the United States and Germany to find out, they should save relevant official documents, vehicle dispatch records, communications, itineraries and verification information, and submit them completely to inspection and investigation for clarification.

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Xu Yuzhen criticized the most unacceptable thing is "resigning in exchange for closing the case." If grassroots civil servants involved in tens of dollars of public property are subject to judicial investigation, then there are major doubts about the heads of ministries and commissions involving official vehicles, manpower stationed abroad, and diplomatic resources, and there is no reason why they should not be investigated just because they resigned. There is no "exemption clause from stepping down" before the law. The bigger an official is, the more he must undergo strict testing.

Xu Yuzhen emphasized that the thorough investigation cannot stop, let alone only Xu Jiaqing. If someone shunts vehicles in violation of regulations, produces false information, cooperates with arrangements, or writes off, the responsibility should be traced. Political resignation is definitely not the end of justice, but the starting point of investigation. Only by opening all the records that need to be opened and all the people that need to be investigated can we give an explanation to the taxpayers.