After the coup, power was held by the National Salvation Junta (a military junta). The coup was backed by the Greek military junta in Athens. However, the 1952 constitution was not restored with the overthrow of the illegal junta. The Derg ruled Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist military junta. Kolingba suspended the constitution and ruled with a military junta until 1985. He protested against the military junta of Idi Amin in Uganda. Among the killed and disappeared during the military junta were 440 MIR guerrillas. He was then placed under house arrest by the military junta. This did not concern the military junta. There was also considerable political infighting within the junta. Thurmond said the "ruling junta in Grenada" was directly threatening American lives. Some chose exile, unable to stand life under the junta. The death remained unannounced by Burmese media or the junta. Pinochet was replaced as President of the Junta that day by Admiral Merino. Cisneros, appointed by the Junta of Seville, lacked such legitimacy.