Wu Ting, dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration at National Chengchi University, thinks the reason public power is not effective is that martial law era laws haven't been "rationalized" to meet the current situation.
而環境汙染引發出來的賠償問題，也常常演變成「誰的聲音大，誰就有理」的情況，居中協調的公職人員，很難就事論事。政大公共行政研究所所長吳定指出，為什麼公權力會不彰？法令不合理、執行不力、民眾有意抗爭都是原因，但最切要的解決之道，還是要使法規合理化。