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1997 Tepēilhuitl Crisis (Pulacan)

Tepēilhuitl Crisis of 1997
Part of the Pulatec lost decade
Tanks loyal to the coup plotters stationed along the A1 highway into Aachanecalco.
Date 16 April–2 May 1997 (18 teōtlehco—14 tepēilhuitl, 1253 XP) Location Pulacan, primarily Aachanecalco, Mabesekwa and Mohembo Result Coup failed, democratic rule consolidated Pantla Papalotl resigns as General Secretary Dozens of members of the Pulatec Security Forces imprisoned T.B. Tshola and co-conspirator C.A. Aztatzontzin die in custody Eventual resignation of President Capanilli Tezozomoctli Pulatec general election of June 1997
Belligerents
Presidential branch Security Forces National Guard (all units except those loyal to Tshola) Yocoxcaquizque Pulacan Popular Alliance for the Republic	Special Procuratory Committee National Guard (units loyal to Tshola)	Parliamentary opposition Supreme Colloquy Office of the General Secretary Juwa Party Nguzo Party Supported by: AON
Commanders and leaders
Capanilli Tezozomoctli	T.B. Tshola † C.A. Aztatzontzin †	Pantla Papalotl (after 20 April)
Strength
All of the Pulatec uniformed services except for the rebels	1,200 men Dozens of military vehicles	N/A
Casualties and losses
2 coup conspirators, 3 protestors

The Tepēilhuitl Crisis of 1997 was a month-long period of social and political unrest in Pulacan. Provoked by conflict between the executive and legislative branches of the Pulatec federal government, the crisis culminated in an attempted coup d'etat against Tezozomoctli by elements of the National Guard led by Colonel Thabo Banika (T.B.) Tshola. The Crisis is considered to be the most serious challenge to constitutional rule of law in Pulacan since the Great Kayatman War (1927-1931).

Background

Main article: Lost Decade (Pulacan)

By 1997, Pulacan had spent 5 years enduring its worst economic recession since the end of the Great Kayatman War. The steel market collapse that induced the recession was exacerbated by the compounded mistakes of multiple administrations. The bombshell exposure of chronic mismanagement by the Secretariat of Finance in early 1993 had resulted in then-General Secretary Motlasi T. Chabaya committing a fatal act of autodefenestration from the Republican Palace in Mabesekwa, the seat of the Supreme Colloquy. Thus, voters went to the polls in October of 1993 in an atmosphere of shock, institutional mistrust, and economic frustration. Elected to replace Chabaya was Pantla Papalotl of the Nguzo Party. The position of President, however, remained in the hands of Capanilli Tezozomoctli, a lifelong member of the Popular Alliance for the Republic (PAR).

Coup attempt of 12 tepēilhuitl

The actions taken by President Tezozomoctli to pressure Papalotl into stepping down were widely considered unconstitutional, with opposition from across the political spectrum. Thabo Banika Tshola (T.B. Tshola), a colonel in the Pulatec National Guard stationed in the northern outskirts of Aachanecalco, felt motivated

Aftermath

Following the end of the coup attempt,

Capanilli Tezozomoctli waited until 7 May (known as the seeding of quecholli) to resign the Presidency.