Alianza Popular considered blocking the Bill in order to force the resignation of Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez.

However both the Prime Minister and Speaker Torcuato Fernández-Miranda were prepared to dissolve the Cortes Españolas in the event of opposition to the Bill, since the parliamentary term had expired and would need to be extended.

This bill, which aims and seeks for the popular majority to become the decision-making body of the reform, can only find a legitimate source and basis by incorporating that majority into the current political order...The Political Reform Act was the legal instrument that allowed the Spanish Transition to be carried out within the legal system established by General Francisco Franco.

[8] This law established a parliamentary monarchy under Juan Carlos I and a two-chamber parliament elected by universal suffrage, and eventually led to a referendum to approve the Constitution of 1978.

Since his appointment, prime minister Adolfo Suárez wanted reforms to take place within the existing legal framework through the Francoist Courts, a "democratisation from above" rather than a "democratic break" (ie a constituent assembly and provisional government) demanded by opposition forces.

[10] The first member (procurador) of parliament to speak to the Bill was Miguel Primo de Rivera and Urquijo along with Fernando Suárez González, the first representative of the lecture.