Taipei City Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua created controversy on the first day of her new post, as she resigned as a legislator just one day earlier, which made a by-election impossible. One civic group, meanwhile, is demanding that Lin give back her salary as a legislator.
Lin Yi-hua, Taipei City Deputy Mayor: “When I first accepted (the deputy mayor post), I told Chiang Wan-an I wouldn't be able to join the team until February. As for the salary issue, I don't think it is an issue. Everyone knows the Legislative Yuan is governed by its own regulations, and we all have to abide by them. I didn't collect any more than I was due.”
Lin says she was heavily involved with the tobacco hazards prevention and climate change response bills and the general budget review also had to be completed before she felt like she could leave. In response to calls that she should give back her salary, Lin says she followed the regulation and did not take a cent that doesn't belong to her.
台北市副市長林奕華表示：「有關於我就任的時間，其實是在一開始，當時答應蔣市長的時候，就是跟蔣市長要跟黨團講好，就在2月的時候。那另外有關於薪資部分，其實應該沒有這樣的問題。大家都知道立法院有立法院相關的規定，所以當然我們都是按照立法院所有制度來走，絕對不會發生所謂溢領的狀況。」
林奕華強調，像菸害防制法和氣候變遷因應法，她在黨團負擔很大的責任；另外，預算也是這會期內必須完成的地方，因此，2月才上任，因為這段時間是把在立院原來要做的事情完成，告一個段落。公督盟執行長張宏林則批評，立委是事先撥薪，林奕華應該把這個月的薪資退回來，也要交代辭退助理的安置過程。對此，林奕華回應，一切都是按照立法院的制度走，沒有溢領的狀況。