The KMT says that the revisions will bring 50 years of stability to Taiwan; the DPP sees them as a small first step for constitutional reform, but a major step for Taiwan. The New Party walked out, refusing to endorse the amendments. What should be the ROC's form of government? Such were the stakes of these amendments.
國民黨認為這次修憲將為台灣帶來五十年的安定，民進黨認為這是憲政的一小步、台灣的一大步，而曾退出國發會的新黨則再度集體退席，拒絕為新版憲法「背書」。