Because the personnel changes were conducted quickly and smoothly, they did not attract as much pre-appointment speculation in the media as in the past. However, there was considerable attention devoted to the question of whether or not Premier Vincent Siew's cabinet was constitutionally required to resign.
此波人事案底定迅速，因此媒體「猜猜看」情況不若以往熱烈，倒是稍早蕭內閣是否需隨第三屆立委任滿而總辭曾引起輿論關注。