Morauta declared that his predecessor had not broadly considered his nation's interests in establishing diplomatic relations with Taiwan. He said that the attached economic aid conditions for the establishment of relations suggested that the former prime minister and his cabinet members were attempting to personally profit from the move.
莫羅塔宣稱，前任總理在作出建交決定時，並未廣泛考慮巴紐利益，而且建交附帶的經援條件，顯示前任總理與閣員有私人意圖。