REPORT: REMOVE CHIANG KAI-SHEK PORTRAITS

 

Chiang Kai-shek should be removed from Taiwanese banknotes and coins, the Transitional Justice Commission said in its final report as the ministy-level organization prepares to close tomorrow.

Chiang's likeness should be removed from coins and notes when the central bank carries out a redesign of the nation's currency, said the report, an official copy of which was handed to Premier Su Tseng-chang by the commission's acting minister Yeh Hung-ling at a ceremony in Taipei on Friday.

Images of Chiang are on NT$1 and NT$5 coins, and NT$200 banknotes.

Citing the findings of two expert panels that the commission organized in 2019, the report said the purpose of currency design is to promote symbols and values that unify the nation and represent it to the outside world.

The prominence of Chiang and Sun Yat-sen on money suggests an overemphasis on political leadership and the glorification of strongmen, which is at odds with democratic norms, it said.

Putting Chiang on coins and banknotes implies that an authoritarian ruler is the nation's unifying symbol and that his regime represents its values, the report said.

Coins and banknotes bearing Chiang's image should be taken out of circulation and replaced with new designs to be selected via an appropriate process that enables civic participation, the report said.

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Take Chiang off cash: commission (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/05/29/2003778961)

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