Kolas Yotaka
Kolas Yotaka
Kolas Yotaka is an Amis Taiwanese politician and journalist. From 2020 to 2022 and again in 2023, she served as spokesperson for the Office of the President under Tsai Ing-wen. Kolas previously served as spokesperson for the Executive Yuan in 2018, the first Taiwanese aboriginal to hold the position.
"Politics are politics and art is art. If (Mainland) China restricts its artists and film workers from coming to Taiwan to take part in this grand occasion for the Chinese-speaking worlds film industry, then of course it is not Taiwans loss."
"Today someone wrote to the presidents office that I should use a Chinese name instead of Kolas, which is indigenous. Reminds me of when I wrote the Indigenous Languages Act in 2017 and the Chinese press called me a separatist. Theyll have to get used to it, Taiwan isnt China."
"It wont be inconvenient to read our name if people treat each other with open minds."
