Though local self-government has been implemented on schedule, its only legal foundation has been the literally paperthin (only one page long) executive order "Main Points for Implementation of Local Self-Government by the Cities and Counties of Taiwan Province." Even the most basic laws for provincial level government have been held up.
這一拖四十餘年，地方自治雖然如期實施，依據的卻僅是薄薄的一紙行政命令（「台灣省各縣市實施地方自治綱要」），而省級自治，則連這樣低層次的法源都付之闕如。