Chen avowed that certain individuals in the Executive Yuan had failed to accurately assess the situation or judiciously execute the reform, resulting in the government's mishandling of the entire affair. He asked that the protests be cancelled in light of the suspension of the proposed reforms.
陳總統指出，行政部門有人沒有確實回報及執行，以至政府做出粗糙的決策，希望在政府宣佈暫緩實施該法的同時，全國農漁會的遊行能夠取消。