Following several Skirmishes against the government forces, Riza Cerova leading an armed group of ~120 men would take over Berat and would make his way to Tirana.

Noli, an idealist, rejected demands for new elections on the grounds that Albania needed a "paternal" government.

Noli's coalition proposed his "Twenty Points Program" that would see the implementation of radical reforms in Albania.

Fan Noli as politician had Left wing views based on collectivism,egalitarianism, and nationalism but all of them failed.

On 13 December 1924, Ahmet Zogu led an army of 1,000 Dibran and Matjan tribesmen with White Russian volunteers financed by Belgrade into Albania.

On Christmas Eve, Zog's forces reclaimed the capital, and Noli fled to Italy.