The measures taken by phraya Manopakon with the king's connivance The measures taken by Phraya counter-revolution can perhaps be best described as a constitutional influnce they had the effect of greatly reducing the influence of the Peoples F'arty while strengthening the political position of members from the old order. In June 1933 further divisions appeared in the army rega "ding Pridi. had apparently urged three other leading military figures Song Phraya Rit Akhane, but Lieutenant-Colonel Phra Prasat to allow Pridi to return home, they rejected the idea. As a result of an earlier pact of unity they had made, tie four officers, unable to come to an agreement on the matter decided to tender their resignations from the State Council on the first anniversary of the revolution 82 As Thawatt noted, "it now appeared that the People's Party had completely disintegrated" 82 However, less than a week before the resignations were to go into force, Phray