DPP legislative leader Ker Chien-ming said that after internal discussion within the party, the party had decided that a defense statement would just be turned into a tool for political struggle.

• 民进党团总召柯建铭：我们党团内部开会讨论的结果，答辩书在这里面，不是一个很重要的东西，只是他们拿来政治斗争的工具。