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[[File:Transmision de mando Aylwin-Pinochet.jpg|250px|thumbnail|Augusto Pinochet giving the Presidency to Patricio Aylwin, March 11, 1990.]]

[[File:Transmision de mando Aylwin-Pinochet.jpg|250px|thumbnail|Augusto Pinochet giving the Presidency to Patricio Aylwin, March 11, 1990.]]

[[File:Pinochet as Commander in Chief with his wife Lucía.jpg|250px|thumbnail|Pinochet as Commander in Chief with his wife Lucía.]]

[[File:Augusto Pinochet 1995.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Pinochet in 1995 as Commander in Chief.]]

As the highest authority of the military branch, the former general complied with the presidential hierarchy. However, during Patricio Aylwin's term of office, the Army expressed its dissatisfaction on two key occasions: the "liaison exercise" in December 1990 and the "boinazo" in May 1993. The first case, treated as a routine military maneuver, was actually an expression of the Army's rejection of the possible request for Pinochet's resignation by the Minister of Defense, Patricio Rojas. This possible request would have been motivated by the judicial investigations of officers and by attacks by parliamentarians on the commander in chief and the institution. The "boinazo" consisted of a reinforcement of the guard of the Armed Forces building by a special group of commandos, carried out during a meeting of the Corps of Generals that lasted eight hours. The cause was similar to that of the previous episode. Given the lack of communication between the Executive and the Army, they sought to avoid what the military branch considered to be a campaign against them.

As the highest authority of the military branch, the former general complied with the presidential hierarchy. However, during Patricio Aylwin's term of office, the Army expressed its dissatisfaction on two key occasions: the "liaison exercise" in December 1990 and the "boinazo" in May 1993. The first case, treated as a routine military maneuver, was actually an expression of the Army's rejection of the possible request for Pinochet's resignation by the Minister of Defense, Patricio Rojas. This possible request would have been motivated by the judicial investigations of officers and by attacks by parliamentarians on the commander in chief and the institution. The "boinazo" consisted of a reinforcement of the guard of the Armed Forces building by a special group of commandos, carried out during a meeting of the Corps of Generals that lasted eight hours. The cause was similar to that of the previous episode. Given the lack of communication between the Executive and the Army, they sought to avoid what the military branch considered to be a campaign against them.