Instead, on 10 February 1938 King Carol II used the occasion of a public insult by Goga toward Lupescu as a reason to dismiss the government and institute a short-lived royal dictatorship, sanctioned seventeen days later by a new constitution under which the king named personally not only the prime minister but all the ministers.
Selle asemel kasutas kuningas Carol II 10. veebruaril 1938 Goga avalikku solvangut Lupescu suunas põhjusena valitsus laiali saata ja algatas lühiajalise kuningliku diktatuuri, kehtestades 17 päeva hiljem uue põhiseaduse, mille kohaselt nimetas kuningas isiklikult mitte ainult peaministri, vaid kõik ministrid.