But in the months that followed the members of this team seemed to be marching to different drummers. They often contradicted each other, and their efforts seemed generally uncoordinated. A chorus of criticism rose up over the government's handling of the Pachang Creek rescue incident, and criticism grew even more intense when the government moved to halt the construction of Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant.
然而，由於團隊默契欠缺，諸多施政步調前後不一，八掌溪事件後聲望滑落，直到核四停建問題成為引爆唐飛辭職的導火線，四個半月的「全民政府」終告結束。