The Examination Yuan as a constitutionally independent power has been in existence for over 60 years. It has the sole power to decide all public personnel policies and regulations for all levels of government. Such an exceptional arrangement, comparatively speaking, has always resulted in many democratic accountability issues. Many critics complain that the Examination Yuan has made public personnel policies so rigid and outdated that it hinders government effectiveness. This paper thus reexamines and rejects the appropriateness of having the Examination Yuan as an independent branch based upon the theories of the separation of powers, independent regulatory agency and strategic human resource management. Finally, both constitutional and law approaches for making dramatic reform are proposed in this paper.