ers ▁and ▁monarch ists ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 6 ; ▁Bil ba o ▁compared ▁Ar res e ' s ▁draft ▁of ▁Le yes ▁Fund ament ales ▁to ▁" S ov iet ▁total itar ian ism " ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁coal ition ▁of ▁monarch ists , ▁Catholic ▁hierarchy ▁and ▁the ▁military ▁against ▁the ▁project ; ▁the ▁clim ax ▁produced ▁cabinet ▁res h uffle , ▁sid et rack ing ▁of ▁Ar res e ▁and ▁ultimately ▁power ▁sh ifting ▁to ▁the ▁techn ocr ats . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁age ▁starting ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁Bil ba o ▁became ▁sort ▁of ▁a ▁decor ative ▁figure , ▁until ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁he ▁res igned ▁from ▁all ▁political ▁functions ▁qu oting ▁his ▁decl ining ▁years . ▁As ▁a ▁private ▁ret ire e ▁he ▁could ▁have ▁afford ed ▁more ▁fran k ness ▁and ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁he ▁public ly ▁expressed ▁hardly ▁ve iled ▁lack ▁of ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁the ▁perce ived ▁Fal ang ist ▁dom ination ▁in ▁the ▁Cort es , ▁be ▁it ▁during ▁his ▁presiden cy ▁or ▁afterwards . ▁ ▁Rel ations ▁with ▁Carl ism ▁ ▁Following ▁his ▁exp ulsion ▁from ▁the ▁Comun ión ▁Bil ba o ' s ▁relations ▁with ▁main stream ▁Carl ism ▁were ▁reduced ▁to ▁nil . ▁When ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁the ▁Car lists ▁dashed ▁any ▁hopes ▁about ▁pres erving ▁their ▁identity ▁within ▁F ET , ▁Fal ▁Con de ▁declared ▁that ▁those ▁previously ▁exp uls