國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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The purpose  of  this  paper  is  to  discuss  the  change  of  transfers  of  committeeassignment  and  the  seniority  system  of  committee  chairs  since  the  second-termLegislative  Yuan  in  Taiwan.  The  research  finds  that,  except  the  DemocraticProgressive  Party  (DPP),  there  are  no  seniority  regulations  about  committeeassignments  and  committee  chairs.  In  the  Kuomintang  (KMT)  caucus,  committeetransfers  and  chairs  are  decided  by  its  headquarters,  sub-groups,  and  legislators’power.  As  for  the  People  First  Party,  profession  is  the  main  factor.  Due  to  thelimited member of seats won by the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), its membersparticipate in a small number of committees and stick to their original assignmentsin the first session.After the Legislative Yuan adopted “registering at own will but casting lots ifno empty slots” system, committee transfers have become more and more commonfrom second to fourth term Legislative Yuan. The situation was improved obviouslyafter changing to the “party proportional system” in the fifth Legislative Yuan. TheTSU members have the lowest rate of committee transfers, then PFP members, thenKMT  members,  and  then  DPP  members.  The  committee  transfers  within  everycommittee  also  declined  significantly  except  the  “Technology  and  InformationCommittee”. Besides, after the term-limit of the committee chair was abolished inthe  fifth  Legislative  Yuan,  the  proportion  of  new  legislators  serving  as  the committee  chair  has  largely  declined,  especially  those  of  the  KMT  and  DPPmembers. Because the PFP and the TSU have just entered in the Legislative Yuan,their proportions of new legislators serving as the committee chairs are higher thanthose of the KMT and the DPP.