In an attempt to resolve the political stand-off, the ruling party moved on two fronts. First, the Executive Yuan called on the Council of Grand Justices to rule on the constitutionality of the Cabinet's halting of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant. At the same time, DPP legislators called for an interpretation of the constitutionality of the move to recall the president.
執政黨為求解套，分別由行政院提出廢核四程序適法性的大法官釋憲聲請，執政黨立委提出罷免總統的釋憲案，企圖為政爭解套。