總統國會制的一致政府與憲政運作： 以馬英九總統第一任 ... - 東吳大學

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Unified Government and Constitutional
Operation in President-Parliamentarism
During the First Term of President Ma,
Ying-jeou in Taiwan
Tsai, Jung-Hsiang *
Chen, Hong-Ming
Conventional wisdom on semi-presidentialism has claimed
that unified governments can entail more political stability and
less political deadlock than minority governments. However,
when we observe the operation of unified governments in
Taiwan’s semi-presidential trajectory from 2008 to 2012, we can
identify political cleavages within the executive and political
conflicts between the executive and legislative branches. Why do
unified governments in president-parliamentarism still suffer
serious political cleavages within the governing party Our findings
are below. First, Taiwan’s parliament passed some controversial
bills to rebel against the president’s authority or preeminence over
the parliament. Second, the enlargement of presidential real
authority or power has curtailed the autonomy of the premier and
cultivated non-collectivization of the cabinet. Third, the
phenomenon of presidentialization has weakened the functions of
the ruling party. Fourth, Taiwan as a president-parliamentary
system, one subtype of semi-presidentialism, did not experience
* Associate Professor of Political Science, National Chung Cheng University.
Associate Professor, Center for General Education, Chung Yuan University.