Chapter 5 - Frustration of the Parliamentary System
FbF Book Club - The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-36 (Stanley Payne)
President Niceto Alcala Zamora (1877-1949)
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This chapter is a brief one and is really about the out-of-control egoism of President Alcala Zamora. Cobbling together yet another government in which the centre is the focus (despite centre-right CEDA having the most seats), his constant meddling and gerrymandering onl…