Where did the kickback money go that was paid in connection with the purchase of the Lafayette frigates? What was the system by which the spoils were divided? These questions touch upon systemic and organizational issues. In an interview with the media in March 1998, former general and premier Hau Pei-tsun said that there was no big problem with the scandal-plagued military procurement system.
軍系出身的前行政院長郝柏村曾在民國八十七年三月間接受專訪時提到，目前屢遭質疑的國軍採購制度其實並無太大缺失，關鍵在於負責的高階將領其操守廉潔與監督把關的嚴謹性。