The Centre faction consolidated control by absorbing rivals over several years
Evidence
Thus the Centre was in fact in a much stronger position than it looked at Como; over the next years it absorbed Tasca and most of the Right, and defeated the Left within the party organisation as a whole, winning over not only its rank and file but also many of its leaders—such as Grieco in 1925. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 166
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Centralizing budget authority neutralized regional rivals by making them compete for funds