The spark which seems to have ignited this blaze of turmoil and generated such serious political and economic gloom was struck in October, when the cabinet announced it had decided to cancel construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, without having officially notified the Legislative Yuan, inciting intense conflict between the DPP and opposition parties.
回顧這一波引起政經情勢嚴重看空的風暴，乃導火於十月份行政院在未曾知會立院的情況下就發表廢核四決定，引發朝野嚴重對立。