 First, President Jānis Čakste entrusted the formation of the government to the Social Democrats, who had the largest faction in the Saeima.After more than two months of talks, they failed to form a government, and on January 25, chose to nominate a non-partisan technocrat, Pauļuks, who was not a member of the Saeima, as a compromise figure.On January 25, 1923, 65 MPs voted in favor of the Pauļuks government, with 19 abstentions.