The Central Daily News, organ of the ruling KMT, argued that there would be great historic significance to putting the right to vote of overseas Chinese into the constitution. It would reflect th e government's attention to the fact of growing outward mobility of residents of Taiwan. The paper argued that it is important to protect their political rights and to keep their loyalty.
中央日報一篇社論指出，僑民選總統入憲具有相當時代性的意義﹘ ﹘這反映出政府注意到台灣地區居民海外流動性愈來愈高的事實，既要保護他們的政治權益，也要爭取這批僑心。