la chia ; ▁these ▁were ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁a ▁representative ▁assembly , ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁Gh ica ' s ▁ab use . ▁Of ▁many ▁candidates , ▁Bib es cu ▁and ▁his ▁older ▁brother , ▁Bar bu ▁ Ş t ir bei , ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁choices ▁with ▁Imperial ▁Russia . ▁Bib es cu ▁was ▁elected ▁h ospod ar , ▁supported ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁conserv ative ▁boy ars ▁and ▁the ▁younger ▁liber als . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁first ▁gest ures ▁in ▁office ▁was ▁to ▁grant ▁p ardon ▁to ▁radical s ▁who ▁had ▁consp ired ▁against ▁Gh ica ▁( including ▁Mit ică ▁Filip es cu ▁and ▁Nicola e ▁B ă l ces cu ). ▁ ▁Bib es cu ▁did ▁not ▁change ▁the ▁government ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁election , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁made ▁up ▁mostly ▁of ▁Gh ica ' s ▁political ▁advers aries . ▁However , ▁his ▁relations ▁with ▁the ▁Public ▁Assembly ▁started ▁to ▁d eter ior ate ▁due ▁to ▁disag re ements ▁on ▁several ▁legisl ative ▁projects . ▁ ▁The ▁Tr anda fil off ▁affair ▁and ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁the ▁Assembly ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁the ▁Wal lach ian ▁government ▁approved ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁engineer ▁Alexander ▁Tr anda fil off , ▁to ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁admin ister ▁the ▁country ' s ▁mines ▁( which ▁were ▁subject ▁to ▁private ▁ownership ). ▁Moreover , ▁if ▁any ▁mine ▁owner ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁extract ing ▁from ▁their ▁mines ▁within ▁ 1 8 ▁months , ▁the ▁Russian