The KMT central office wanted him to engage in what he called malpractice and he said he would not consent. After all, it was not necessary for KMT assembly members to cast affirmative votes for term-extension, so singling him out to shoulder responsibility for the outcome is really going too far.
蘇南成說，他並沒有主導延任案，議事必須維持程序正義，國民黨中央授意不要交付二、三讀，形同要他「作弊」，他做不來，交付表決時，國民黨國代可以不投延任案的贊成票，要他一人承擔後果實在說不過去。