After the rescinding of Martial Law, the outlawing of other political parties and press restrictions will also gradually be abrogated. Our democratic political development is entering a new phase. The ruling party will now face the adjustment from revolutionary political party to democratic party.
「因應執政黨下一波的政治改革，李煥在此時出任秘書長，別具特殊意義」，美國馬利蘭大學政治系教授丘宏達指出，解除戒嚴之後，黨禁、報禁及其他自由化行動相繼要展開，我國民主政治發展將進入新的境界，執政黨也面臨由「革命政黨」蛻變為「民主政黨」的歷史過程。