The KMT center was strongly opposed by its local factions over the freezing of the TPG, and Governor James Soong several times stated his opposition to the freeze.
此次國民黨決定推動凍省也面臨著來自地方派系的強大壓力，並承擔著自斷基層支持者所謂選舉「樁腳」的風險。宋省長多次公開墾持反對，中央政府和省方隔空喊話，使國民黨內部流派之爭繼去年底國發會引發省長辭職風波之後，再度白熱化。