 Although widely popular, Dobrescu's measures contributed, according to the newspaper "Dimineaţa", to creating "unease — inside his party — unease on the outside".He eventually came into conflict with the Ion G. Duca National Liberal government and was removed from office 13 November 1933; the move caused a scandal, and Dobrescu was reinstated as mayor on 26 November, only to be deposed by the new Gheorghe Tătărescu cabinet (which had taken over following Duca's assassination by the fascist Iron Guard) on 18 January 1934.Dobrescu's leftist convictions eventually brought him into conflict with the PNŢ