Lai Shyh-bao, deputy convener of the New Party caucus, was more measured in his comments. Lai noted that all of the persons replaced were among those whom the president had criticized by name at the National Administrative Reforms Conference, and said that it would therefore be difficult in all fairness to criticize the moves too severely. Nevertheless, he also said that the premier had not gone far enough.
新黨黨團副召集人賴士葆則較持平，他指出，被撤換的首長都是陳水扁總統在行政革新會議時點名批評的單位首長，就事論事，無可厚非，但改組幅度仍偏低，宜再擴大。