Even as Yaki's words were still echoing, incoming Prime Minister Morauta rejected Yaki's arguments. Morauta said that in accepting the advantages offered by Taiwan, PNG would have to abandon other long-term sources of aid. He said that these sources were more valuable to PNG than Taiwan would be. Moreover, he said, money cannot solve every problem, and PNG must solve its own problems mainly through its own efforts.
亞基的話言猶在耳，新任的總理莫羅塔卻又推翻上述論調指出，接受台灣的好處，巴紐可能必須放棄其他方面的長期援助，這些長期援助對巴紐來說更有價值，而且錢並不能解決所有問題，巴紐必須自己努力。