De Gaulle was carried to power by the inability of the parliament to choose a government, popular protest, and the last parliament of the Fourth Republic voting for their dissolution and the convening of a constitutional convention.
De Gaulle chegou ao poder pola incapacidade do parlamento para elixir a un goberno, as protestas populares forzaron a última votación do parlamento da Cuarta República, que acordou a disolución desta e un acordo constitucional.