Hoxha first tried to convince Shehu to step aside voluntarily, but when this move failed, Hoxha arranged for all the members of the Politburo to rebuke him for allowing his son to become engaged to the daughter of a former bourgeois family.
Hoxha püüdis esmalt veenda Shehut vabatahtlikult kõrvale astuma, kuid kui see ebaõnnestus, korraldas Hoxha kõigi Poliitbüroo liikmete poolt tänitamise, et Shehu lubas oma pojal kihluda endise kodanliku perekonna tütrega.