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As Pachoy rebels seized control of the inner city and mutineers controlled the naval base, | As Pachoy rebels seized control of the inner city and mutineers controlled the naval base, Mayor-Intendent Mikaere Arono and Communal Council abandoned the inner circle of the city and held an emergency meeting in a nearby church at 11 PM on 18 April. All 20 members and the Mayor were in attendance, beginning an all-night debate as to how to respond to the uprising, and representatives of the Urcean-appointed Charter Administration were barred from entering. Though the Council had voted 14 to 6 in favor of abrogating the treaty earlier in the year, a number of pro-abrogation councilors were not necessarily in favor of resistance to Urcea but rather a renegotiation of the treaty. Accordingly, a key group of moderates from this faction - about 5 in number - became key in deciding a course of action that night. They were joined by the 6 members who voted against abrogation as well as the 9 other pro-abrogating members who were perceived to be more radical. By 2 AM, a general consensus around the 9 pro-abrogators and Mayor-Intendent Arono emerged that the government should make a show of unity with the protestors and join the barricades. The moderate bloc opposed joining the barricades but were generally partial to the notion of a show of solidarity with the people, while the pro-charter faction would not even consider that notion. By 4:30 AM, the moderates and pro-charter faction had reached a compromise, agreeing that the Council would adopt a resolution calling for peaceful protest, continued orderly and lawful function of the city government, and a vague acknowledgement of the need to jointly reexamine the charter while condemning any violence or unlawful acts. After five and a half hours of debate and off-the-floor negotiating, the 9 anti-charter members grew increasingly frustrated and agitated. They issued a final threat - the moderates and anti-charter members must get together and pass a proclamation expressing solidarity with the people and opposition to the charter, or they would walk out and deny the body a quorum. The moderates refused this threat, and the 9 anti-charter members promptly left the church where the meeting was taking place. The Mayor-Intendent announced he would join them, but as a show of respect to the remaining majority of the body he was going to resign. This left the remaining 11 members of the Communal Council without a quorum, and the 9 members and former Mayor-Intendent crossed over to the inner circle and mounted the barricades to cheers. | ||
After consulting with the Charter Adminsitration commissioners - the representatives of Urcea - the remaining Communal Council members met again on the afternoon of 19 April. They declared the 9 seats vacant, filled them temporarily with moderates, and appointed a new man, also a moderate, to serve as Mayor-Intendent. From then on, this moderate government would be referred to as the "Charterists" in the press, though their post-rebellion aims were largely in favor of charter revision. | |||
Inside the city, after hearing the news, the 9 Communal Councilors declared the other members to vacated their office by their lack of solidarity with the Pachoy people. The 9 voted to abrogate the treaty and voted themselves as the government of the Provisional Republic of Pachoy. Mikaere Arono recognized the new body but refused to serve as its leader, and instead the Provisional Republic appointed a three man executive committee. Additionally, it expanded their numbers from 9 members to 17, appointing 4 additional new members from among the ranks of the radical street protestors and 4 new members representing the mutineers at the naval base. | |||
===Chenango intervention=== | ===Chenango intervention=== | ||