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The creation of a fascist dictatorship (Government (By 1922 the PNF had…
The creation of a fascist dictatorship
Government
By 1922 the PNF had grown to 320,000 members and nearly half a million had joined fascist trade unions
The Liberals were divided; Orlando and Nitti wanted a coalition to include fascism and Giolitti refused to help unless the King appointed him as Prime Minister
Mussolini appointed himself foreign minister and minister for the interior. He appointed Alberto De'Stefani as minister of finance
Mussolini gained the trust of the Catholic Church by increasing clerical pay and reinstating crucifixes in schools
In February 1923 the ANI was officially absorbed into the fascist party
Since the March on Rome the party had doubled in size to 783,000
Elected local government was abolished and mayors were replaced with Podesta
In December 1922, Mussolini created the Fascist Grand Council as a rival organisation to the cabinet
The March on Rome October 1922
The turnout for the march was not good and the squadristi were poorly armed
It was a success for Mussolini because Prime Minister Facta's government resigned.
The Squadristi gathered at three locations around 20 miles from Rome, they also tried to seize government buildings in towns around Northern and Central Italy
King Victor Emmanuel refused to authorise the use of martial law against the March on Rome, after initially agreeing to it.
He supported the appointment of Mussolini as prime minister on 30th October 1922, after hoping that Mussolini would serve in a government headed by Salandra
Mussolini introduced the Acerbo Law
This gave 2/3 of parliamentary seats to the party that won more than 25% of the vote
The PCI and PSI opposed it, but the liberal elites such as Giolitti, the King and the Vatican supported it
Matteotti Crisis
The PSI, PCI and other antifascist parties were calling for the dismissal of Mussolini
On the 10th June , Matteotti was kidnapped and his body was found on 16th August in a shallow grave just outside Rome
In November under pressure from the army, Mussolini ordered the PNF to cease all violence and remove any members who were undisciplined and unwilling to follow his directions
January Mussolini formed a new cabinet
Mussolini took the roles of prime minister, and minister of foreign affairs, war, navy and aviation
In February he appointed Farinacci as the PNFsecretary
Farinacci also increased fascist membership from 600,000 to 938,000
In December 1925 the title of prime minister was changed to Head of Government and Duce of Fascism
Parliament could no longer remove the prime minister through a vote of no confidence and in January 1926 Mussolini was granted the ability to rule by decree
All political parties apart from the PNF were banned
Opposition deputies were excluded from parliament and the communist leader, Antonio Gramsci was arrested
By the end of 1926 Italy was a one party , police state