 The application of the law caused indignation among Buddhists on the eve of the most important religious festival of the year, since a week earlier Catholics had been allowed to display Vatican flags to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the appointment of Diệm's brother Thục as Archbishop of Huế.The celebrations had been bankrolled by Diệm's regime through a national committee which asked the population to donate money to Thục's jubilee.Buddhists complained that they had been forced to give a month's wages to pay for the celebration.