Cabinet members 'track record has always been a major consideration for whether they will be equal to the demands of their office. With regard to the new cabinet, doubts on this score have focused on prospective transportation minister Yeh Chu-lan, National Science Council chairman Chen Tang-shan and GIO director-general Chung Chin.
閣員的專業背景一直被當作能否勝任的一大考量，這次閣員名單中的交通部長人選葉菊蘭、國科會主委陳唐山、與新聞局長鍾琴都是外界質疑不具專業背景的閣員。