 Following Italian law, the results were checked by the Corte di Cassazione (the highest judicial Court at that time), as expected.A problem arose when the Court, itself divided between monarchists and republicans, "provisionally" declared a republican victory on 10 June, but postponing the final result to 18 June.To avoid huge dangers of political riots due to the Court's delay, the government itself declared a republic and appointed De Gasperi as the provisional Head of State on 13 June.