In recommending Chairman Chiang as the party's presidential candidate, President Yen Chia-kan said: "Comrade Chiang Ching-kuo, the present Chairman of the Party and President of the Executive Yuan, has followed our Tsungtsai, the late President Chiang Kai-shek, and practiced faithfully the teachings of the Tsungli, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, for as long as 40 years.
這次中央常委臨時會由中常委嚴總統家淦主持，討論的主題，即為嚴總統鄭重提出的一項建議：要求中常會作成決定，向十一屆二中全會提案，請推舉蔣主席經國為中華民國第六任總統國民黨候選人；再由總統候選人，提名副總統候選人。會中所有出席人員曾熱烈響應，全票通過。