governmentalities around located problems. Importantly too, administrative power was spread more evenly and away from the dictates of born rulers Commoners' assumed positions of power next to aristocratic hangovers. In line with this trend, the 'permanent' constitution, promulgated in December 1932, proclaimed that titles of birth no longer inhered privilege and laid down the basic rights of people (Article 12).54 In the post-revolutionary period, the formal political arena expanded to embrace a form of parliament without parties with those pushing for the establishment of political parties seen as harbouring malign counter-revolutionary intent. However, the revolutionary grouping known as the People's Party continued to function. The revolutionaries also put in place a ten-year plan towards full representative democracy. For ten years parliament would be composed of two categories of MPs: first, those elected from local-level elections who would then go on to elect members for a national parliament; and second, those selected by the revolutionary regime. After ten years the second category of MPs would be abolished. This plan stalled with the rise of the military faction within the People's Party; in 1940 the constitution was amended to extend the role of appointed MPs for a further twenty years, thus ensuring the stability of the government.