New Party and KMT attempts to lay all the blame at her feet just showed how politicized the problem had become, she argued. In any case, during the mayoral and county executive elections to be held at the end of this year, the garbage question is certain to be a major issue again.
呂秀蓮則認為，桃園縣垃圾問題沈痾已久，國民黨、新黨將責任全歸咎於她，垃圾問題已被氾政治化。無論如何，年底的縣市長改選，垃圾問題勢必成為重頭戲。