 Instead, he thought the moment a good opportunity to launch "política de bien, mejor", which all Catholics would support and defend.During early months of the Republic Sánchez Marco joined efforts to mount a right-wing Navarrese coalition prior to the 1931 elections.Though 25 years earlier he boasted Navarre as part of the Vasco-Navarrese community, at that time he cautiously supported "sane regionalism" and was keen to keep the province out of .