 Fearing a revolt by his own militants, he decided to drop all trappings of democracy.On 3 January 1925, Mussolini made a truculent speech before the Chamber of Deputies in which he took responsibility for "squadristi" violence (though he did not mention the assassination of Matteotti).This speech usually is taken as the beginning of the Fascist dictatorship because it was followed by several laws restricting or canceling common democratic liberties, voted by the Parliament filled by two thirds of Fascists because of the Acerbo Law.