President-Elect Lai Ching-te’s New Cabinet: 520 Handover and Cabinet Speculation

2024-03-04 22:00:00

President-elect Lai Ching-te will form a new government on May 20, but he has remained silent on cabinet changes and stated that he will be held accountable for leaks of personnel lists that have been rumored by the outside world. (Photo/Photo by Huang Yaozheng)

520 The handover of the old and new presidents is imminent. In order to avoid affecting morale and policy continuity, quasi-president Lai Ching-te announced at the party affairs meeting at the end of February that a seal order was issued on the list of new cabinet members. Not only those being consulted may “die in the light” if they reveal the information. , once the list is exposed, the source will also be investigated. At present, there are cabinet members who are rumored to be in danger. Some are sprinting in the final stage to perform, some insist on being themselves, and some are fighting for their dreams.

The “five shortages” problems, including water shortage, electricity shortage, labor shortage, land shortage and talent shortage, have impacted the costs of construction, construction, public construction and tourism and accommodation industries. They have also affected Lai Qingde’s ability to cooperate in the 2024 presidential election. It is reported that Minister of Labor Xu Mingchun, who is in the fifth position, will be included in the adjustment list of the new cabinet. Xu Mingchun has expressed his intention to run for Kaohsiung mayor since last year. However, recently legislator Lin Daihua stated that he will run for Kaohsiung mayor in 2026. The outside world did not list Xu Mingchun as a competitor within the Democratic Progressive Party. Instead, the topic was focused on Xu. “The Democratic Progressive Party, the Kuomintang and the People’s Party sit down to discuss the issue of labor insurance reform,” political leaders whisper that Xu will remain as minister to dispel her idea of ​​running for mayor.

Transportation Minister Wang Guocai also caused a backlash among industry operators, pedestrian hell, and traffic violation demerits due to his ban on mainland travel, which caused public dissatisfaction with the Democratic Progressive Party’s ruling. However, when Wang was asked about his future stay by the media, he calmly stated that “I was not consulted.” ”. In addition to being appointed as the acting Minister of Transportation in times of crisis, Wang Guocai also previously acted as the chairman of the Chunghwa Post and the chairman of the Taiwan Port Company, and concurrently served as the chairman of the China Aviation Development Foundation and the chairman of the Grand Hotel. He was dubbed the “Universal Tool Man” by the outside world. ” However, after he was promoted from a tool to a minister, he was criticized by all parties and had begun to intend to retire. Regardless of whether he is a cabinet member after May 20th, the new team still has to take over the “ban on traveling to the mainland” that he restarted before the cabinet reshuffle, and it must be implemented in June.

The traffic chaos in Taiwan has been called “pedestrian hell” by the international media. Minister of Transportation Wang Tsai previously proposed five major demands, including “enforcement of laws to protect pedestrian roads.” However, due to the backlash from professional driving a few days ago, he discussed that some traffic violations were not marked, and he came under fire again. boom. (Photo/Photo by Liu Genghao)

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Although the main focus of the “five shortages” is on Minister of Labor Xu Mingchun, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Meihua is also inseparable. The industrial sector’s concerns about water and electricity shortages have not been alleviated, and they have frequently become the main focus of the opposition parties’ attacks on the ruling bureau. The new meeting of the Legislative Yuan The increase in electricity prices since the beginning of the period has become the focus of opposition legislators. It is expected that this issue will continue to be discussed under the new cabinet. It is rumored that Wang Meihua will resign after the reorganization and will be transferred to the political affairs councilor overseeing financial affairs.

Once Wang Meihua leaves the position of Minister of Economic Affairs, Deputy Minister Zeng Wensheng and Chairman of the National Development Council Gong Mingxin are both possible candidates to take over. Zeng Wensheng graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University. When Chen Ju was the mayor of Kaohsiung, he recruited him to join the city government and later served as the director of economic development. From then on, he “changed his track” and became an economic professional; Gong Mingxin was Tsai Ing-wen’s industrial policy planner and also It is considered by the outside world that Xiaoying will recommend to Lai.

Political insiders pointed out that Lai Ching-te is still brooding over the negative controversy over high-end vaccines and is wary of former Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shizhong’s subordinates. However, there has been no relevant news about the current Minister of Health and Welfare Xue Ruiyuan. , it is rumored that he was the director of health when Pan Meng’an was in charge of Pingtung County, but the deputy director Wang Bisheng may have been shot, and was transferred to the director of the Taoyuan Hospital. However, people close to Wang Bisheng pointed out that although Wang still intends to contribute his experience in medical policy, he is not particularly interested in a cabinet position, because from practical considerations, if he is transferred to the director of a commercial hospital, “not to mention other things, the salary It tripled immediately.”

It is rumored that Economic Minister Wang Meihua (left) will be transferred to the political affairs councilor in the new cabinet. There is a high possibility that her vacancy will be taken over by Tsang Wen-sheng (right), political secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and acting chairman of Taipower. (Photo/Photo by Huang Yaozheng)
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