In early 1922, Ion I. C. Brătianu formed a National Liberal cabinet, and called in general elections in March. The Inculeț group, also known locally as the "Peasants' Liberal Party" ("Partidul Țărănesc Liberal") or "Independent Party of the Bessarabian Peasants", only collaborated with the PNL in Ismail and Cetatea Albă counties; elsewhere, it ran as an opposition party. The campaign was primarily fought against Stere and the PȚ, and focused on emphasizing the party's image as the true inheritor of agrarian legitimacy. Such tactics were later excoriated by Stere, who called the PȚB "demagogic" and "anti-national".