ache ' s ▁Pe as ants ' ▁Party . ▁It ▁entered ▁in ▁competition ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁parties ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Kingdom , ▁the ▁National ▁Liberal ▁Party , ▁and ▁with ▁its ▁leader ▁I on ▁I . ▁C . ▁Br ăt ian u , ▁when ▁the ▁Pe as ants ' ▁Party ▁dead locked ▁the ▁Parliament ▁of ▁Roman ia ▁with ▁calls ▁for ▁a ▁w ides p read ▁land ▁reform . ▁ ▁After ▁King ▁Ferdinand ▁I ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁Parliament , ▁I ul iu ▁Man iu ▁found ▁himself ▁at ▁odd s ▁with ▁the ▁national ▁leadership , ▁especially ▁after ▁the ▁new ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Alexand ru ▁A ver es cu ▁( with ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Liber als ) ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁Trans ylvan ian ▁Council ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁Con sequently , ▁Man iu ▁refused ▁to ▁attend ▁King ▁Ferdinand ' s ▁Crow ning ▁ceremony ▁as ▁King ▁of ▁Gre ater ▁Roman ia ▁( h eld ▁in ▁Al ba ▁I ul ia , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 ), ▁seeing ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁tie ▁multi - rel ig ious ▁Trans ylvan ia ▁to ▁Orth odox y . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁the ▁P NR ▁rejected ▁the ▁central ization ▁im posed ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁Constitution ▁fav ored ▁by ▁Br ăt ian u , ▁and ▁demanded ▁that ▁any ▁constitution al ▁reform ▁be ▁passed ▁by ▁a ▁Const itu ent ▁Assembly , ▁and ▁not ▁by ▁a ▁regular ▁vote ▁in ▁Parliament . ▁C iting ▁fear s ▁that ▁the ▁P NL