On July 17 top KMT legislator Wang Jin-pyng unveiled his proposal for a "coalition government," drawing a variety of responses from the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan. Widespread discussion has been sparked by the notion that "the new administration shouldn't be tied down by old public opinion," and by calls for "clarifying the framework of the constitution" through constitutional amendments.
七月中旬國民黨籍的立院大老王金平拋出「聯合政府」之說，總統府、行政院和立法院隨即為此說各自表態，卻沒有交集，「新政府不應受困於舊民意」、「修憲釐清憲政體制」等說法也引起許多討論。