Why do we want him to say "no"? Isn't "yes" the required response?Just have him not say no and the monarchy is restored
Salazar seriously considered restoring the monarchy in the 1950s, the only reason he didn't do it was because Prince Duarte Nuno refused him.
Just have him not say no and the monarchy is restored (although whether or not it survives the fall of Estado Novo is an open question).
Number 2 was more like the slander from the Republican opposition (freedom of press was strong enough that it was allowed to insult the Crown), and number 3 was not a real issue (the later stage of the monarchy was very hostile to the Church, the republicans were even more hostile to it, essentially for ideological reasons, and not due to any real power).I suppose we should start with the low hanging fruit, i.e. what Wikipedia tells us caused the revolution that ended the monarchy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution
Deal with the worst of these eight and you'll probably still have the monarchy today.
- Subjugation of the country to British colonial interests
- Royal family's expenses,
- Power of the Church
- Political and social instability
- System of alternating power of the two political parties (Progressive and Regenerador),
- João Franco's dictatorship
- An apparent inability to adapt to modern times
- The Republican Party presented itself as the only one that had a programme that was capable of returning to the country its lost status and place Portugal on the way of progress.
This is very much true. The First republic was a mockery of democracy, based on a even more restricted franchise than the monarchy, limitations on the monarchist and catholic parties, and elections mostly fraudulent, with the occasional election vaguely resembling popular choice.The First Republic that replaced the monarchy was a wreck, beset by an agenda that many of the rural population didn't want. Someone from Portugal can correct me, but based on what I've read it's not looked on fondly (some of its aspects like the flag have been kept).
I would suggest avoiding the assassination of King Carlos I and the Prince Royal, Luis Filipe in 1908.
The Republican Party presented itself as the only one that had a programme that was capable of returning to the country its lost status and place Portugal on the way of progress.