’FIX PROBLEMS’:Tsai said her administration is committed to dealing with problems in a pragmatic way and her Cabinet has targeted four main areas in the past three months

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 21, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday urged the public not to determine the success or failure of her governance based on the performance in the first 100 days of her presidency, adding she would not evaluate Cabinet members according to their short-term achievements.

Tsai made the remarks in a speech delivered at a tea gathering with the media in Taipei, marking the three-month anniversary of her inauguration.

“I do not want others to judge the success or failure of my governance based solely on my performance in the first 100 days. Likewise, I also would not use Cabinet members’ work in the first 100 days to evaluate them,” Tsai said.

Tsai said reforms require time and she would not back down just because she does not see results within a short period of time or encounters difficulties.

Tsai was apparently responding to critics who have cited her lower approval rating as proof of policy failures and the basis for speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is planned.     [FULL  STORY]