[3][4] Tawi Sli immediately appoint five members into his Supreme Council (equivalent to Sarawak cabinet today) namely: Abdul Taib Mahmud, and Awang Hipni from BARJASA, Umpau and Laing from PESAKA, and Abang Haji Abdul Rahman from PANAS.

Two months later, Teo Kui Seng and Ling Beng Siong from SCA were appointed to Supreme Council.

Taib Mahmud, Abang Haji Abdul Rahman, and Thomas Kana became advisors for Tawi Sli.

Taib was then appointed as a member of Dewan Rakyat and became Federal Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry.

[4] Ningkan went to the Kuching High Court, dissatisfied with the Governor's (Abang Haji Openg) action of dismissing him and installing Tawi Sli as the chief minister.

[6] The federal government then unilaterally amended the Sarawak Constitution to give the power to the state's governor to commence the Council Negri meeting.

Acting chief minister Taib Mahmud then announced that for the remaining 300 expatriate officers in the government, all of their contracts would not be renewed upon expiration.

[4] Taib Mahmud was believed to initiate the departure of Tony Shaw and John Pike instead of Tawi Sli himself.