Salah Jadid
Bitar resigned from office on 3 October, according to Devlin because he "failed ... to accomplish much beyond getting a constitution issued, easing tensions, and staying in office." Shortly after his resignation, Bitar and Atrash lost their seats on the Presidential Council. The two were replaced by Salah Jadid and Hafizboth Military CommitteeRegionalist loyalists. The National Command was displeased by the military's domination of the state, and its members persuaded Aflaqwho had gone into self-imposed exileto return to Syria.