, ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁liberal ▁politician ▁Il ia z ▁V r ioni ; ▁N oli ▁was ▁named ▁prime ▁minister ▁and ▁reg ent ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁July ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁ ▁Down fall ▁and ▁ex ile ▁ ▁Despite ▁his ▁efforts ▁to ▁reform ▁the ▁country , ▁N oli ' s ▁" Tw enty ▁Point ▁Program " ▁was ▁un pop ular , ▁and ▁his ▁government ▁was ▁over th rown ▁by ▁groups ▁loyal ▁to ▁Z og u ▁on ▁Christmas ▁E ve ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁▁ ▁Two ▁weeks ▁later , ▁Z og u ▁returned ▁to ▁Alban ia , ▁and ▁N oli ▁fled ▁to ▁Italy ▁under ▁sentence ▁of ▁death . ▁ ▁Cons cious ▁of ▁his ▁frag ile ▁position , ▁Z og u ▁took ▁dr astic ▁measures ▁to ▁cons olid ate ▁his ▁re assert ▁in ▁power . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁winter , ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁opposition , ▁B aj ram ▁Cur ri ▁and ▁Lu ig j ▁G ur aku qi , ▁were ▁assass in ated , ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁imprison ed . ▁N oli ▁founded ▁the ▁" National ▁Revolution ary ▁Committee " ▁() ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁K ON A RE ▁in ▁Vienna . ▁The ▁committee ▁published ▁the ▁period ical ▁called ▁" National ▁Fre edom " ▁( ). ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁Alban ian ▁commun ists ▁as ▁Hal im ▁X hel o ▁or ▁R iza ▁Cer ova ▁would ▁start ▁their ▁publishing ▁activities ▁here . ▁The ▁committee ▁aim ed ▁in ▁over throw ing ▁Z og u ▁and ▁his ▁cast ▁and ▁rest oring