 The fact that the majority of the Fascist Grand Council voted for the motion showed just how disillusioned the Fascist "gerarchi" had become with Mussolini by the summer of 1943.The intransigent and radical group of Fascists led by the "gerarchi" Roberto Farinacci who wanted to continue the war were only a minority while the majority of the "gerarchi" supported Grandi's call to jettison Mussolini as the best way of saving Fascism.On 25 July 1943, Victor Emmanuel III finally dismissed Mussolini and appointed Marshal Pietro Badoglio Prime Minister with secret orders to negotiate an armistice with the Allies.