He thanked the president and fellow committee members for their kind words. Switching topics he urged all committee members to give their full support to the new vice-presidential candidate, Li Teng-hui.
在提名新任副總統候選人之前，謝副總統就告訴會場記者，他已決定退休，希望各中央委員能支持蔣主席提名的新人選。