There are rumors that upper echelons of the Office of the President knew in advance and supported the assembly members 'term extension. However, Chang Hsiao-yen, General-Secretary of the KMT, and Su Chih-cheng, director of the secretariat of the Office of the President, both vehemently deny these rumors, pointing out that President Lee Teng-hui's consistent stand against the extension has been completely unequivocal.
而傳言卻有指總統府高層事先知道並支持國代延任，對於這樣的傳言，國民黨秘書長章孝嚴與總統府秘書室主任蘇志誠都嚴正否認，指出李登輝總統從頭至尾反對國大延任的態度與立場都十分明確。