The campaign against black gold corruption is what everyone has been waiting for. It is also what President Chen promised to the nation. But will it actually accomplish much? According to a China Times editorial, the new government's ability to successfully tackle the problem depends on one very fundamental question: Does the administration view the black gold problem as simply a matter of law and order?
掃除黑金是全民共同的期望，也是阿扁總統的承諾，但新政府的掃黑能否貫徹，中國時報社論指出，新政府是否有查緝黑金的能力與智慧，還必須探討一個更深刻的問題：若新政府只將黑金視為治安問題處理，就把問題太單純化了。