In terms of cabinet selection, because the DPP is now the largest party in the Legislative Yuan, both KMT chairman Lien Chan and PFP chairman James Soong announced not long after the election that they would respect the previously disputed right of President Chen to choose the premier, and that the KMT and PFP would not deliberately create difficulties on this account.
在內閣人事方面，由於民進黨已取得國會最大黨的地位，國民黨主席連戰與親民黨主席宋楚瑜在選後未久即表態，願意尊重陳水扁總統的組閣主導權，國民黨與親民黨將不會惡意杯葛。