Speaking at this meeting, Ali Fethi Bey said the following:[3] The Committee of Union and Progress was formed to save the Ottoman Government, which was doomed to ruin.
Mistakes made knowingly or unknowingly by responsible and unaccountable individuals led the country and the nation into the present dire situation...
[5] OHAF, together with the Renewal Party, took an oppositional stance against the grand vizierate of Ahmet Tevfik Pasha.
[9] After the dissolution of the Committee of Union and Progress, the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, which acted against the Unionists, also dissolved the Liberal People's Party with the decision of the Meclis-i Vükelâ dated May 6, 1919.
Regarding the closure, it was explained that they were a renamed version of the Committee of Union and Progress and for this reason, it was decided to cancel the party's founding petition.