TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Presidential Office will reveal more details about the plans for President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) May 20 inauguration at a news conference scheduled for Monday (May 11).

The president has already announced she will keep Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) as her premier beyond the start of her second and final term in office. However, little else is known about her plans for the swearing-in event, which has been scaled down due to the threat of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Even though the contents of her inauguration speech have not been made known yet, Tsai will take the outbreak as the starting point to discuss her long-term plans, CNA quoted a presidential spokesman as saying Saturday (May 9).

After the swearing-in inside the Presidential Office Building at 9 a.m. on May 20, the traditional inauguration speech is not expected to take place outside on a specially erected podium, in front of crowds, as is usual. Instead, it will be held inside the Taipei Guest House, a short distance away on Ketagalan Road, the spokesman said.

Foreign diplomats stationed in Taiwan will still be invited to attend the speech, expected to start at 10 a.m., according to the CNA report.

In the meantime, the full Cabinet is expected to announce its resignation on May 14, though because of the coronavirus pandemic, any reshuffle will be more limited than previously expected. Most top government members, such as the ministers of foreign affairs, defense, interior, finance and economic affairs are expected to stay on.