La solution a pris la forme d'un régime pratiquement plébiscitaire, doté d'une nouvelle constitution et d'un président qui bénéficiait d'un grand soutien populaire, mais dans lequel les institutions démocratiques ne fonctionnaient pas pleinement.
The solution took the form of a regime that, to most intents and purposes, was plebiscitary in character, with a new constitution and with a president possessing considerable popular support but in which the democratic institutions did not operate properly.