Among the successive presidents of the Republic of China, let’s not look before Lee Teng-hui; Lee Teng-hui himself was from an agricultural background, but then several successive presidents were all from legal backgrounds, or perhaps will soon see a physician.
Actually, the editor believes that whether farmers, lawyers, or physicians, none are as suitable as engineers for governing a country.
⚖️ Lawyer Governance: Endless Disputes and Legal Loopholes?
The advantage of lawyer governance is that disputes are endless, but the person in charge remains eternally thick-skinned and unmoved as a mountain (for example, former President Chen Shui-bian).
After all, a lawyer’s main training is in exploiting legal loopholes.
🩺 Physician Governance: Rigidity and Stubbornness?
The problem with physician governance is that physicians’ professional training is too specialized, leading to personalities that are often overly stubborn, resulting in systemic rigidity (for example, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je).
💻 Engineer Governance: Systems and Institutions
Therefore, only engineer governance can comprehensively view the overall situation with modular system concepts and will show greater respect for institutional operations than lawyers.