The following day Cheng called a press conference to claim that the reopening of this old case on the eve of his formal confirmation as BOI director was because he was not Liao Cheng-hao's man, refused to make personnel changes that Liao desired, and had a different focus from Liao. He accused Liao of ignoring and excluding him.
程泉隔天立即召開記者會，直指兩年前的舊案在他即將真除之際重提，是因為他非廖正豪的人馬，拒絕依廖的意思調動人事佈局，工作方向重點也與廖不盡相合，因此廖正豪早對其產生戒心，欲將他排除。