Will Chen Chien-jen Give Up Academia Sinica Paycheck? 陳建仁未棄中研院薪俸 朱立倫:看守內閣

Chen Chu is being heavily criticized for allegedly getting her former deputy the new culture minister post. She says she respects the government and did not overstep her bounds. KMT Chair Eric Chu wants to know whether Chen Chien-jen will be giving up his Academia Sinica paycheck.

KMT Chair Eric Chu recently criticized the Cabinet reshuffle as insignificant at best.

Eric Chu, KMT Chair: “There were no major or significant changes. What direction are they headed in? You can't tell. It probably all came down to factions and infighting. The DPP cares more about what it wants than what the people want. We shouldn't have any expectations of them.”

Chu also said Chen Chien-jen's Cabinet would be nothing more than a placeholder for the KMT if Chen doesn't give up his Academia Sinica paycheck. Among the "insignificant" changes made was Kaohsiung City Deputy Mayor Shih Che being appointed culture minister, allegedly after Control Yuan President Chen Chu intervened on his behalf. In response to criticism that she overstepped her bounds, Chen denied interfering. 

Chen Chu, Control Yuan President: “I have always respected the division between the constitutional government. We didn't push for any specific personnel changes in the Cabinet. We weren't involved at all. We would never do that.”

Chen Chi-mai, Kaohsiung City Mayor: “We hope everyone can assume their posts as quickly as possible to start solving problems plaguing the people and the challenges we are facing this year. We want to make the people's lives better and achieve sustained growth for Taiwan's economy.”

Shih served as director of various city departments and also deputy mayor under Chen when she was Kaohsiung mayor. Shih is currently deputy mayor under Chen Chi-mai, who says he hopes to see the new Cabinet in place as soon as possible.

國民黨新春團拜，也將啟動各地團拜活動，象徵團結拉近距離，不過對於內閣改組，國民黨主席朱立倫認為，內閣改組非常平庸沒有特色，看不出整體佈局的方向。

國民黨主席朱立倫指出：「沒有亮點，沒有特色，看不出來它的整個佈局主要的方向。我想大部分可能都是基於黨內的派系，現在是民進黨的黨意超過民意的時代，如果持續這樣下去的話，我們也不必有太多的期待。」

朱立倫更表示，如果陳建仁是不打算放棄中研院薪俸的心態，那就是一個看守內閣，準備要交班給國民黨。至於內閣改組中，高雄市副市長史哲即將出任文化部長，傳出是監察院長陳菊推荐，被質疑踰越憲政分際，不過陳菊強調，從未干預人事。

監察院長陳菊表示：「我一向遵守憲政的分際，對於所有內閣的人事，我們沒有推薦，或者是參與任何人事的討論。不要說推薦，絕無此事，我覺得從來不會這樣。」

高雄市長陳其邁提及：「我們希望說能夠趕快，上路之後能夠馬上的能夠就上手。希望說有一些民眾需要解決的，還有我們在今（2023）年面對的這些挑戰，都能夠很快的來回應民意，來改善人民的生活，來讓我們台灣的經濟能夠持續的成長。」

史哲在陳菊擔任高雄市長期間，先後擔任新聞處長和文化局長，後來更升任副市長。陳其邁當選後，也再度延攬史哲出任副手，至於新內閣，陳其邁也期待能盡快上手。