 Complete the following phrase:  Together with the Junimists, Știrbei made a triumphant return to the Assembly in the electoral sweep of January 1888, although the overall victory was endangered by factional disputes. According to one account, he himself had only joined the opposition after the failure of secret negotiations with Brătianu, who wanted him to become a National Liberal. By March, he was instrumental in forming the united opposition which removed Brătianu, replaced by the Junimist Th. Rosetti. He was subsequently Rosettis Minister of Public Works MarchNovember 1888 and of Interior November 1888March 1889, being again elected at Dolj in October 1888. As Interior Minister, he had to deal with the effects of a peasant revolt that had occurred during the first half of 1888, as well as the first general strike by typographers, which ended by satisfying certain demands by the workers. He was also tasked with solving the issue of Romanian participation in the 