 One negative result of the new wealth from petroleum, however, was a decline in agricultural production, largely through neglect.Internal Libyan politics continued to be stable, but the federal form of government had proven inefficient and cumbersome.In April 1963, Prime Minister Mohieddin Fikini secured adoption by parliament of a bill, endorsed by the king, that abolished the federal form of government, establishing in its place a unitary, monarchical state with a dominant central government.