The next day, the mayors of Taipei (Ko Wen-je) and Keelung (Lin Yu-chang) demurred on removing their cities' Chiang statues, seeking to avoid confrontation, while the mayor of Taoyuan City (Cheng Wen-tsan) stated the Chiang statues on Taoyuan's school campuses and public offices would be sent to Daxi. Keelung reversed its position a week later, declaring that its Chiang statues would be removed in the near future. Pro-independence activists threatened to file a lawsuit to remove Chiang statues from Taipei in a statement released in October 2015.