After the NDC issued its recommendation to freeze the functions of the TPG in late December, on December 31 Governor James Soong told the Provincial Assembly his intention to resign. He simultaneously resigned his seat on the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang.
上月底，國發會作出凍省共識的決議後，台灣省長宋楚瑜在民國八十五年的最後一天於省議會上突然宣佈辭職，同時也辭去國民黨中常委的職務。