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楊念祖閃電下台

2013年8月7日

因士官暴斃案臨危授命的台灣國防部長楊念祖,卻涉嫌論文抄襲而火速請辭獲准,遺缺由現任參謀總長嚴明接任,楊念祖成為任期最短的國防部長,也讓馬英九總統執政困境雪上加霜。

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FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, then Taiwanese Vice Defense Minister Andrew Yang speaks at a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's newly appointed Defense Minister Yang resigned Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 over a plagiarism accusation after less than a week on the job, dealing another blow to the government of President Ma Ying-jeou and plunging the island's military deeper into crisis. Yang, 58, told a late-night news conference that he accepted full responsibility for an article that a ghost writer prepared under his name in a 2007 book on China's People's Liberation Army that contained material lifted from another source. Yang took office Aug. 1, 2013 after his predecessor resigned amid a furor over the death of a 24-year-old army conscript forced to perform a series of grueling exercises in searing heat while being held in a military brig. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File)
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(德國之聲中文網)才剛上台六天的台灣國防部長楊念祖,因為2007年收錄在《決戰時刻》這本書的一篇文章,遭檢舉指控剽竊,楊念祖舉行記者會公開坦承並道歉,表示文章是請朋友代寫,經過查證確實涉嫌抄襲,已經向行政院長、總統請辭。楊念祖說,"在經過這麼多事情之後,再加上我個人的錯誤,導致軍隊再次受到挑戰,我個人感到非常內咎自責,所以我的辭職希望能喚醒大家對軍隊永遠的支持。"

Hundreds of thousands of people take part in a demonstration in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei August 3, 2013. Demonstrators gathered on Saturday to mourn for soldier Hung Chung-chiu, who died of severe heatstroke after being ordered to do strenuous exercises in a barracks on July 4, and to demand further investigation into Hung's case, according to event organizers. REUTERS/Steven Chen (TAIWAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CITYSCAPE)
士官洪仲丘之死引發民眾大規模抗議圖片來源: Reuters

楊念祖閃電下台,馬英九總統立即發布新人事,任命現任參謀總長嚴明接任國防部長,並要求他設法"穩定軍心"。由於陸軍下士洪仲丘疑遭不當管教致死案激起強大民怨,促使立法院火速通過軍審法修法,讓非戰時的軍審全面回歸司法,卻也留下後遺症,以及軍方的反彈。馬總統說,這是為了適應當前社會需要,但在保障軍中人權同時,不能以犧牲軍隊紀律與效率為代價。

傳出軍方內鬥陰謀論

回顧以往的例子,文人出身的國防部長,似乎都難以駕馭國防體系,像李登輝總統時期的孫震,只擔任國防部長1年多,還曾感嘆"軍政管不動軍令系統";而陳水扁總統時期的蔡明憲,也只當了3個月國防部長。

馬政府任期內首位文人國防部長楊念祖只當了6天就請辭,傳出陰謀論,之所以會爆出論文抄襲,是軍中內鬥放的消息,目的是為了拉下文人部長、打擊馬總統威信。民進黨立委陳亭妃說,"軍系要給馬英九一個下馬威,所以放出這樣的消息。第二,是不是因為軍事審判法的通過,所有軍頭的反撲,讓楊念祖有太大的壓力而做不下去。"

不過,執政黨立委認為,這是楊念祖的個人問題。國民黨立委林郁芳說,"前部長高華柱強勢領導後,軍方哪有派系?這純粹是楊念祖認為,這個議題,在野黨不會放過他,電視名嘴不會放過他,再加上他也蠻疲倦的。"

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou takes a sip from a cup during a news conference after his inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office in Taipei May 20, 2012. Ma took office on Sunday for his second term. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN - Tags: POLITICS)
馬英九最近麻煩不斷(資料照片)圖片來源: Reuters

民進黨呼籲馬總統取消出訪

一周內換掉兩個國防部長,但馬英九總統8月11日將前往中南美洲訪問12天,民進黨主席蘇貞昌認為,馬總統出國前,應該先解決洪仲丘案所引發的社會紛擾,沒有什麼事情比處理國內危機更重要。蘇貞昌說,"如果只是去和外國元首比伏地挺身,就不值得,但我們希望總統好好自行斟酌。"

楊念祖突然請辭,參謀總長嚴明扛下國防部長大任,不過,空軍出身的嚴明,總長位子才坐了短短半年多,與陸、海軍淵源不深,能不能掌控三軍,還有疑問。民進黨方面認為,嚴明資歷雖然沒問題,但對於國軍各項改革,恐怕會面臨相當大的挑戰。國民黨立委則認為,現在要再找到文人部長接任並不容易,先由具有軍方背景的人接掌國防部,可以穩住軍心與局勢,對嚴明能否貫徹紀律仍抱持期待。

作者:尼爾(台北特約記者)

責編:苗子