 This was the time of the Great Depression, when parliamentary democracy was losing support in much of Europe.Skujenieks, by this time more nationalistic and critical of the Saeima, allegedly was involved in a coup plot by Social Democrat Fēlikss Cielēns, his good friend, general Jānis Balodis and some leading officers, who intended to stage a coup and then give the power to Skujenieks.Between 1931 and 1934 his party published the newspaper "Latviešu balss" (The Voice of Latvians).