2024 Breakthrough Forum: Minority Government？ Coalition Government？ Cabinet Formation and Challenges Facing the Lai Administration
In the 2024 elections, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te was elected president, but did not secure a majority of votes. Meanwhile, the Legislative Yuan saw the KMT win the most seats, though none of the three major parties gained a majority. Faced with this dual-minority scenario, how should President-elect Lai Ching-te appoint the premier and assemble his cabinet? How can his administration secure legislative support for budgets, bills, and personnel appointments? With cross-strait tensions mounting and domestic political confrontation between the presidency and legislature escalating under a minority government, the Lai administration will face formidable challenges.
The Fair Winds Foundation has invited experts to analyze Taiwan’s political dilemmas from a constitutional perspective and offer earnest advice to party elites. Speakers include Professor Su Tzu-chiao from Soochow University, Professor Shen Yu-chung from Tunghai University, Legislator Ms. Hsu Chiao-hsin, and Professor Liu Shu-bin from Soochow University. The forum will be hosted by former Legislator Cheng Li-wen.
Time: Saturday, March 30, 2024 2:30 PM–4:30 PM
Venue: Socrates Hall, GIS NTU Convention Center, B1, No. 85, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 106
Contact Number: (02) 2752-1700
Organized by: Fair Winds Foundation
Co-sponsor: The Storm Media
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Cheng Li-wen formerly served in the 7th (2005-2008) and 10th Legislative Yuan (2016-2020), as spokesperson of the Executive Yuan (2012-2014), and delegate to the third National Assembly (1996-2000). She previously undertook doctoral studies in international relations at the University of Cambridge.
Cheng is author of Taiwan’s Green Energy Literacy Reader, translator of Global Green New Deal: A Plan for Climate and Economic Transformation.
Full-time professor at Soochow University Adjunct professor at National Taipei University
Degrees in Political Science and Law from National Taiwan University; MA and PhD in Political Science from National Chengchi University
Expertise: Comparative Political Systems, Constitutional and Administrative Law
Author of Constitution of the Republic of China: Principles and Practice of the Constitutional System
Published nearly 40 academic journal articles
PhD in Political Science, National Taiwan University (2009)
Shen Yu-chung is professor in the Department of Political Science at Tunghai University. He also serves as president of the Asian Political Economy and Peace Exchange Association, and advisor to the Straits Exchange Foundation (2024). Former positions include exam committee member of the Examination Yuan, advisor to the Legislative Yuan's Future Vision Committee, director of the Taiwan Political Science Association, and director and Supervisor of the Democracy Watch Association. Areas of expertise include comparative politics, constitutional systems, semi-presidentialism, German and European studies. Professor Shen earned his Ph.D. in political science from National Taiwan University in 2009.
Former Councilor of the 13th and 14th Taipei City Council
Former spokesperson for former President Ma Ying-jeou’s office
Vice Chair of the International Young Democrat Union
Founder of the National Security Youth Think Tank
PhD in Political Science, University of Cologne, Germany
Expertise: Energy and Climate Governance, German Government and Politics, EU Governance, International Relations, ROC Constitution and Government, Merkel’s Grand Coalition
Past roles: Chair of Soochow’s Political Science Department, Research Fellow at NTU’s Risk and Policy Center, Board Member of Taiwan Political Science Association and International Relations Association, Alternate legislator for the Taiwan People’s Party