Lee Yuan-tseh's appeal made little impression on the governing DPP, however. Furthermore, DPP chairman Frank Hsieh himself came under fire within the party after stating: "The constitution of the ROC is itself a one China framework. Since the DPP has participated in the process of constitutional amendment it ought to accept this constitution, and as the party of government we can't afford to override or reject it."
但是，李遠哲剴切的呼籲並沒有得到執政黨的同意；而民進黨主席謝長廷一席「中華民國憲法就是一中架構，民進黨既參與修憲就該接受這部憲法，作為執政黨，我們不敢不遵守或否定它」的談話，也遭到黨內人士圍剿。