 This was the period of a Regency regime, which looked after public affairs for the minor King Michael I, and which Filipescu resented.He revived the old Bucharest Conservative daily "Epoca", directing it against establishment politicians and, in particular, against Barbu Știrbey, his lover Queen Marie, and the domineering National Liberal Party (PNL).Although widely tipped as a PP front-runner, Filipescu left the party when Averescu asked him to stop attacking Știrbey.