The dismissal of Armansperg, which had been persistently demanded by all parties, was not followed by any change in palace policy. The authoritarian administration, inaugurated by the regency and continued by Armansperg, was maintained through this period as well. Such a policy was continued towards the parties as well, that is, the temporary subsidizing of one party and the pushing aside of the others. During the period 1838-1843 the parties were successively favoured: the pro-Russian party (which was practically under a regime of persecution in the previous five years), the pro-British and the pro-French parties. However, although Otto imposed his personal autocracy and kept the leading groups of Greek society out of politics, in reality he failed to weaken them. Conversely, these traditional powers gradually took action through the parties in an effort to reappear in political life. It is not accidental that during this period the power of the parties constantly increased. In fact, some of them acquired strong support among the peasantry. One such a party was the pro-Russian one which succeeded in attracting many supporters by promoting the slogan of the defence of Orthodoxy. However, the pro-French party too, with which most chieftains from Rumeli were connected, had many supporters from the country.

Thus, it was only a matter of time before the individual opposition movements of the three parties converged. From 1841 the pro-Russian and pro-British parties, which had failed in the previous years to restrict royal intervention in the work of the government, seemed to converge in a common opposition action. This development was certainly favoured by the approach of the governments of Britain and Russia after the crisis of the Eastern Question in 1840-1841. Now, only the pro-French party was left to join the opposition. After remaining on the sidelines for many years (1835-1841) it was again in power, under the leadership of Cristidis and not I. Kolettis who since 1835 had been ambassador in Paris. Finally, the internal controversies in this party, as well as the raising of support for Christidis by the French embassy, made the majority of its most significant members (I. Kolettis, R. Plamidis, Makrygiannis and others) go over to the opposition.