However, the following year, an imperial edict at the opening of the National Diet declared that the constitutions would be created by the Emperor, and the idea of a constitution created by the people's representatives never materialized.
だが、翌年の国会開設の詔書によって憲法は欽定憲法による方針が打ち出されたことによって、国約憲法論は事実上挫折した。