On 6 May 1926, Kārlis Ulmanis’s government held its final meeting – the cabinet departed after a budget crisis, because the Saeima had rejected proceeding to article-by-article consideration of the 1926/1927 state budget. In the protocol Ulmanis bade farewell to the ministers, stressing that the cabinet had had to bear responsibility also for “deeds done by others.” On the same day, Arturs Alberings’s government held its first meeting, marking a typical moment of cabinet turnover in parliamentary Latvia.

During Latvia’s parliamentary period, governments often rested on fragile coalitions, and four cabinets served during the 2nd Saeima. The 1926 budget crisis shows how closely executive power in interwar Latvia depended on a Saeima majority and the ability to compromise.