As soon as the information that President Lee Teng-hui had nominated Lee Huan to become Premier had come out, there was approval on all sides. Even the contentious Legislative Yuan reached rare consensus, approving the nomination with 86.8 % of the votes.
李登輝總統提名李煥出任行政院長，消息一經傳出，各方輿論一片稱許，即使是一向意見紛歧的立法院，也表現難得的一致性。