EDITORIAL
Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-01
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer

President Tsai Ing-wen recently marked her 100th day in office as Taiwan’s first woman head of state and her 60th birthday, though neither gave her much cause for joy and happiness, if you have to believe local media.

On Wednesday, her official birthday, Taiwan Indicators Survey Research published an opinion poll showing Tsai was caught in a “death cross,” an ominous-sounding term which indicates that the number of her detractors is growing to become larger than the number of those satisfied with her government.

A similar phenomenon hit Premier Lin Chuan earlier in the month, but perhaps that was only to be expected, considering that under Taiwan’s constitutional system, the premier and his Cabinet are often in the firing line for every kind of government decision.

There is a reason why both previous presidents, Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party and Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang, each used up six premiers during their eight years in power.     [FULL  STORY]