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On 29 September 1930, at the age of 35, Tomaseo Poter II ascended the throne after the assassination of his father. Although he was a man committed to constitutional government, he looked with suspicion at the left parties who then dominated politics and saw squadron violence a necessary evil to eradicate socialism.
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Unionist violence had grown in intensity during the summer of 1930, culminating in rumors of a possible coup. On May 19, during the unionist congress in Watts, Ausilio announced the transformation of the unionist movement into a party. In the September elections, the unionists coalesced with the popular front of Giò Crema, obtaining 34 parliamentarians.
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On March 15, 1931, Ausilio Leone led action squads and unionist supporters in a march on Phoxia. Prime Minister Ambrogio Trentini and his cabinet have drafted a martial law decree, and sent to the king who rejected it.
Tomaseo was tired of the recurring crises of the parliamentary government and welcomed Ausilio as a "strong man" who imposed "order" in
In December the Cartaleo bill was approved, giving the unionists an absolute majority of seats at the parliament
The 1932 elections were marked by violence and beatings in polling stations.
One of the major critics who contested the elections, was the liberal Girolamo Mattia Perotti, was brutally murdered.
The king did not move against the abuses of power of the unionist regime even when Ausilio dropped any pretense of democracy. Tomaseo II signed without protest, laws that eliminated freedom of speech and assembly, abolished freedom of the press and declared the Unionist Party as the only legal party in Phoenixia. Although, officially, the unionist party in Phoenixia was ruled by a "grand council" until the Civil War, Leone Ausilio really had almost all the power in the country.
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