 The Conservatives then formed a cartel with the PP during the December 1933 election, but registered dismal results.By 1934, when Filipescu tried to win himself a seat in the by-elections of Ilfov, the party was moving closer to the democratic opposition movement formed by the PNȚ against King Carol.Filipescu and Maniu agreed that Carol was an autocrat, and, according to rumors, began flirting with republicanism.