Tang Fei also phoned President Chen Shui-bian to offer his resignation, which the president rejected, but the resignation of Vice Premier Yu Shyi-kun, who was serving concurrently as chairman of the Council of Disaster Prevention, has been accepted. The resignations of NPA chief Ding Yuan-chin and NFA chief Chen Horng-i are pending as this article goes to press.
除決定初步懲處名單，唐飛也以電話向陳總統口頭請辭，在穩定政局考量下獲陳水扁總統慰留。但身兼災害防救委員會主委的行政院副院長游錫，警政署長丁原進、消防署陳弘毅雖經內政部批可請辭，唯後繼人選與地方人事將因此牽動，行政院將等二十八日總質詢結束後，在做定案。