Furthermore, since the lifting of martial law, as the opposition parties have grown in strength, they have not missed any opportunity to vehemently attack any failings on the part of government departments. From 1992 onwards, DPP city councillor Lin Jui-tu, known as the "MRT Terminator," exposed case after case of alleged bungling and corruption, casting a shadow on DORTS 'good name and severely denting the department's morale.
此外，解嚴之後，反對黨勢力日興，對執政單位的任何紕漏都窮追猛打，毫不放鬆，民國八十一年開始，有「捷運終結者」之稱的民進黨籍市議員林瑞圖，揭發弊案連連，使得捷運局的清白蒙上陰影，士氣遭受嚴重打擊。