Later Yuan amended the presidential election law so that the president could serve an unlimited number of terms, and could choose his own successor-even his own son-without restriction or outside approval.
之後袁世凱更修改總統選舉法，使總統可以無限期連任，並且可以無條件限制地推薦「接班人」，傳賢、傳子，都不容外人置喙。