His ministries were marked by intense factional infighting. The command structure of INC fell apart with factional infighting. There was a great deal of factional infighting among them. It was renamed in 1994 after factional infighting. The Socialist Party was itself beset with factional disagreements. Factional strife also began to engulf the struggling regime. Amidst economic crisis and factional squabbling, membership in the SLP plummeted. Songhai was also weakened by internal discord, which led to factional warfare. The movement split several times due to factional disagreements. A single assassination was usually employed in favour of widespread bloodshed resultant from factional combat. Election fraud and corruption followed, as did factional conflict. Northern Jeffersonian Republicans formed a coalition across factional lines with remnants of the Federalists. Yang's dismissal likely emboldened Mao's allies to move against their factional rivals. In reality, these institutions were undermined by strong personal and factional ties. Alan Leong denied the speculations of any intra-party factional struggle.