The KMT revoked Soong's party membership, along with that of six core party leaders, while Lee Teng-hui referred to him with the rare and severe term "traitor," claiming that he spoke to the people with flowery words, yet went to any extreme to try to sow discord, and appropriated KMT resources for his own use.
對延宕多時的宋楚瑜違紀參選案，國民黨也在十一月十七日做出處分，開除了宋楚瑜及六位核心幹部的黨籍。李登輝總統並以罕見的嚴厲措辭譴責宋楚瑜是「背離份子」，對民眾花言巧語、無所不用其極的分化，意圖把國民黨資源據為己有。