 A decree by Crown Prince Umberto, issued in his capacity as Lieutenant General of the Realm ("decreto legge luogotenenziale 25 giugno 1944, n. 151") during Ivanoe Bonomi’s time in office as Prime Minister, prescribed that a Constitutional Assembly would be organized after the war to draft a constitution and to choose an institutional form for the state.The institutional debate was accelerated in the spring of 1946.The political campaign for the referendum was framed by incidents, especially in northern Italy, where monarchists were attacked by both republicans and post-fascists of the Italian Social Republic.