The actual role envisaged for the throne, however, was to cause a great deal of friction between the two sides. On 26 June 1932 a con stitution drafted by Pridi was presented to Prajadhipok for his approval. Under the provisions of this constitution, the king was to be made the official head of state and thereby provide the government with political legitimacy. Real authority, however, was to be placed in the hands of a non-elected seventy member National Assembly and a fifteen-man Executive (or People's) Committee. Furthermore, while the king was to be given formal power to veto the recommendations of the new administration, this was of little practical value since his objections could be overruled by a simple majority in the National Assembly