NP secretary-general Lee Ben-nan states: "As early as last year, the leadership realized that our party could potentially disappear" if Soong wins. But Soong is the closest of the three main candidates to the NP ideals, thus putting the NP in a dilemma.
「早在去年中，新黨中央就意識到新黨將可能在這次選戰後消失的危機，與選擇政治理想與政黨利益間不可兼得的弔詭，這幾乎是兩難」，新黨全委會秘書長李炳南說。