 Already ill during the events, Sleževičius left to seek treatment abroad and did not return to work in the Seimas before its dissolution.On 3 January 1927, his resignation from the Central Committee of LVLS was accepted.Kazys Škirpa (LVLS) commented that the "violence of 17 December suddenly parted M. Sleževičius from any kind of political activity, as if he had been euthanized as a political persona".