crispi steadily supported the energetic remedies adopted by his minister of finance sidney sonnino to save italian credit, which had been severely shaken the financial crisis of 1892–1893 and the banca romana scandal. sonnino's proposals were harshly criticized both by members of the left and the right, causing his resignation on 4 june 1894; on the following day crispi resigned too, but the king gave him again the task to form a new government.