Therefore, it is no longer just a local affair and the party center has to intervene. The public disagreement between leading figures in the party was followed by a succession of statements of position by party members. This highlights the fact that the DPP needs to face up to the problems of lack of internal unity on policy and the disparity between ideals and reality.
兩派意見僵持不下，因而造成誰才能代表黨發言的齟齬，連帶使得黨員紛紛表態，衝擊著民進黨必須及早面對黨內政策定位不一、理想和現實難以兩全的問題。