Editing 32 Demands (section)

===Reforms to insure civil and property rights===
* Popular election for all local government positions (i.e. mayors and magistrates), to be held before June 1947.
* Native Taiwanese were to be appointed as heads of police agencies, judges, and other members of the judicial system whenever possible.
* The civilian police are to be the only government agency with the power to arrest criminals.

All local officials up to this point were appointed by the Chief Executive, and as a result, were mostly mainlanders, sometimes accused of being "carpetbaggers". Most of the [[criminal justice system]] had been packed by mainland appointees, most of whom allegedly were neither familiar with nor cared much for Taiwanese interests.

These reforms would also prevent the use of the [[military]] for domestic law enforcement.