When New Party nominee Li Ao, who is well versed in modern Chinese history, registered as a candidate for the "Tenth Term of the Presidency of the ROC," he noted that these ten terms only cover the period since the formal adoption of the ROC constitution in 1947, while in fact Republican-era presidents had been chosen by set procedure even before that, and he reminded everyone not to ignore them.
熟諳現代史的新黨總統候選人李敖在登記參加「中華民國第十任總統選舉」時表示，所謂第十任，是從「行憲後」開始算起，然而在民國三十六年行憲前的總統也是依法產生的，不應該一筆勾消。