Knowing that being an assembly member is an honorary position with no salary but only expenses and allowances for assistants and workers, some sceptics suggest that only a written statement outlining which monies will not be collected, and over what period, will have any substantial meaning.
但輿論也提出，國代本屬無給職，根本沒有薪資，所領各項費用為助理與工作津貼，所以需以書面提出自何時起至何時止，拒領哪項費用，才有實質意義。