Tsao Chun-han of NTU suggests that in all the fuss over the retirement law the senior legislators themselves have been overlooked. "In the whole process they just sit passively, ignored, and this deepens their resistance." Tsao said that neither words nor money will satisfy them. Praising them in the law won't be as effective in getting it passed as involving them in the process.
「整個立法過程中，他們被動的坐在冷板凳上，呼之即來，揮之即去，因此加深他們的抗拒心理」，曹俊漢說，錢或文字未必能滿足他們，與其在條例中肯定他們，不如讓他們參與立法，才能盡快解決問題。