An editorial in the Commercial Times argued that the appointment of Chang Chun-hsiung as premier and the announcement of the new cabinet with an economic orientation marks the arrival of a minority government, and shows that the DPP no longer has any desire to form a coalition government.
工商時報論壇指出，張俊雄接任閣揆，推出「財經內閣」，宣告「少數政府」正式登場，也凸顯出民進黨拒絕組織「聯合內閣」的意志。