The board of directors and the religious were not amused over the virtual conversion of the temple into a political theater, and Huang Tzung-hsi, then chairman of the temple management committee, led a group of believers to City Hall to hand in a written protest.
龍山寺董事會和信徒對於廟埕幾乎已成為政治廣場頗不以為然，當時龍山寺的董事長黃崇西還曾帶領信眾到台北市議會陳情抗議。