Liao issued a statement in response that same evening. He denied all allegations of abuse of power, and called on those who accused him of a lack of administrative ethics to examine their own behavior.
針對程泉的諸項指控，廖正豪在當天晚上即發聲明稿駁斥，除了關於被控運用權謀的部分一概否認，也認為講不尊重行政倫理的人應自我檢點。