Premier Vincent Siew noted that current government regulations often state that "the responsible authorities are such-and-such a unit in the central government, the provincial government at the provincial level, and the county and city governments at the local level." It sounds like there are a lot of people in charge, but as soon as something goes wrong, they all flee from responsibility.
行政院長蕭萬長也表示，現在政府的法令經常是「主管單位在中央為某某，在省為省府，在地方為縣市政府」，看起來像事情有很多人負責，但一旦發生事情，卻責任互推。