Within a few days, Hung Shun-wu, a Hsu loyalist in overseas Taiwanese organizations, sent his own letter from the US back to Taiwan. He criticized Wu for failingto call on Peng to withdraw from the race after Hsu had won the first stage of the two-stage primary, and argued that it was completely unreasonable to ask Hsu to concede before the second stage was over.
幾天後，許信良在海外組織的忠貞幹部洪順五，也從美國傳真一封信回國，批評初選第一階段許信良獲勝時沒有勸退彭，現在第二階段沒有結束，就要許信良認輸，實在太沒道理。