Facing such a strong reaction, three days after they passed the proposal, the Taipei City Council sent it back to the city government for review and apologized to the people of the city. Other city and county governments which had already passed similar pension proposals or which were considering doing so, either repealed such proposals or decided to postpone consideration of them.
面對強大的反彈聲浪，台北市議會於事發後三天將案子退回市府復議，並且向市民道歉，其他準備跟進或已通過實施辦法的縣市也暫不考慮或是撤回退職金辦法。