Media analysts fault the government for poor policymaking processes, and point out numerous fiascoes, including the bureaucratic bungling that came to light in connection with the spectacularly failed rescue at Pachang Creek, the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant controversy, government attempts to support share prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, and the slow response to the oil spill caused by the grounding of the MV Amorgos.
媒體剖析，八掌溪事件顯示官僚本位主義的積弊；核四案處理不當、股市無端護盤，凸顯執政團隊決策機制出現問題；阿瑪斯號漏油案反映其危機處理不夠靈敏。