Since Chen Shui-bian's election as ROC president, the choice of personnel for the new cabinet has been seen as a major indicator of future governance, and a touchstone by which to judge whether Chen will live up to his election promise of a clean government "of the whole people."
陳水扁當選後，新內閣的人選被當作是未來政府施政的一大指標，而選前他所提出的「全民政府、清流共治」主張，也成了輿論檢驗陳水扁是否兌現選舉支票的依據。