Chang Yu-fa reveals that Generalissimo Chiang, like other power-holders before him, favored a strong presidential system and opposed a cabinet system (which would have been more balanced). He once sharply remarked to the delegates, "I am not Yuan Shikai, why do you want to restrict my powers?"
張玉法透露，當年蔣介石委員長也像歷來的當權者一樣，喜歡一人獨大的總統制而不贊成強調制衡的內閣制，他一度不悅地指責制憲國代說，「我又不是袁世凱，你們幹嘛老要防著我？」