"[1] Ex-President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas left for Costa Rica on 23 June 1936 claiming that his life was in danger.
One faction, headed by Chamorro, decided to carry on with the candidacy of Leonardo Argüello Barreto according to the Liberal-Conservative pact signed just before Juan Bautista Sacasa was removed from office.
[2] In November Somoza resigned as Jefe Director of the National Guard so that his ascent to power could remain within the constitution.
[3] In November Conservative and Liberal committees supporting the bi-partisan agreement met and decided to abstain from voting on 8 December.
In the years to come, Somoza would maintain this coalition through an extensive patronage network that allowed him to govern without having to rely on the day-to-day coercion found in Central America’s military-authoritarian regimes.