As legislators passed the first reading of provisions for complete farmland liberalization in mid-December, senior rural legislator Lin Kuo-lung said that if liberalization were not adopted, the ruling KMT would collapse politically; Lin swore that farmers would take to the streets to protest.
去年十二月中旬，立委為使農地自由買賣的進度加快，初審通過農地自由買賣條文。老農派立法委員林國龍說，如果不開放，國民黨會垮台，而且保證農民會走上街頭。