Sakamoto was criticized by public opinions and mass media, because Mikasanomiya who had got angry and walked out the general meeting issued a comment to criticize "dictatorship of the director."
これに憤慨した三笠宮は総会を退席して「理事長独裁」を批判するとのコメントを出して坂本は世論・マスコミから批判された。