But the constitution-makers of the time did not trust the ambitious Yuan. They therefore abandoned the outline plan for the new government, which had originally envisaged a presidential system, and adopted a new provisional constitution which would establish a cabinet system.
不過當時的臨時參議院諸公們對野心勃勃的袁世凱總是不大放心，於是將原本傾向「總統制」的臨時政府組織大綱改為傾向「內閣制」的臨時約法，藉以牽制袁世凱。