 In 1897, in opposition to the "política de las paralelas", Hipólito Yrigoyen dissolved the Radical Committee of the Province of Buenos Aires.In 1916, when Radical candidate Yrigoyen won the presidential election, Pueyrredón proposed the dissolution of the National Civic Union.His proposal was accepted, with the majority of the party's members transferring their allegiance to the Radical Civic Union.