Kuomintang legislator Lee Shang-ren is unhappy with the way the new government is handling the power plant issue. He notes that public hearings have been held in the past, but that public discussion has not resolved the dispute. It would be even more impractical to turn the issue over to public referendum. He contends, "If there's a referendum on one thing then people will want it for another.
國民黨籍立委李先仁就對新政府處理核四的方式感到悲觀，他認為過去核四也舉行過類似的公聽會，但公共論壇式的討論解決不了問題，如果要交付公投決定，則更不可行。