Surprisingly, the said Bishop's statement received public acclaim by all political parties save for the SNS which retained its negative attitude on principle. The most commendable response was the one by the LDS, which gave three reasons: the Bishop's letter was 'incomparably more neutral than any previous one', it contains an 'appeal for as massive a turnout at the polls as possible' - in the opinion of the LDS, other civil institution 'should do the same' - and 'the Bishop's letter represents a great step forward for civil society' (Delo, 27 September 2000, Večer, 28 September 2000, Mag, 40/2000).
To škofovsko izjavo so - presenetljivo - javno pohvalile vse politične stranke, z izjemo SNS, ki ostaja odklonilna zaradi povsem načelnih razlogov, medtem ko se je med vsemi drugimi pozitivnimi odmevi izrazito pohvalno izrekla prav LDS, in to zaradi treh razlogov: ker je pismo 'neprimerno bolj nevtralno kot vsa dosedanja', ker vsebuje 'apel k čim višji udeležbi na volitvah', kar bi po mnenju LDS 'morale storiti enako' tudi druge civilne institucije, in ker pomeni škofovsko pismo 'velik civilnodružbeni napredek' (Delo, 27. 9., Večer, 28. 9., Mag, 40/2000).