Also, at that time, Ito thought that a political party cabinet was not acceptable because it meant that the sovereign power (national structure) would in effect shift from the Emperor to a political party (yet Ito established the Rikken Seiyukai Party later on.)
また、当初の伊藤は政党内閣は事実上主権（国体）が天皇から政党に移るから認められないと考えていた（もっとも、伊藤は後に立憲政友会を結党）。