 The Decemvirate failed to bring about the reconciliation of the orders, and was itself abolished, as the consulship was re-instituted in 449.A plan was then proposed by which the senate would accede to the illegal re-election of several of the tribunes, if the consuls should also be re-elected.The object of this scheme was to discredit both the tribunes and the consuls, who had previously earned the people's trust.