A priority for the new administration will be to forge a working coalition in the Legislative Yuan, in which the KMT has a majority. This is already under way. Mr Chen should be able to put together a credible cabinet with a clean and fresh image. KMT members taking up the rest. Even though the new president will aim at stability, changes are inevitable at most ministries, including foreign affairs, economic affairs, finance, economic planning, mainland affairs and justice.
Retentions are possible for deputy premier, the interior and less important posts.
KMT financial or economic cabinet members. The Central Bank governor, Peng Fai-nan, will probably stay until the end of his term, providing a strong measure of continuity. Nor should the DPP's own financial and economic policy resources be underestimated. On the finance side, DPP advisers include Mr Chen's former Taipei City director of finance and National Chengchi University professor Lin Chuan, and former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Lu Dong-ying. While the new government will stress stability in the transition to Taiwan's first non-KMT administration, it is not likely to accept the advice of KMT economic officials to retain all the policies of the outgoing regime.