 By this time, the weakened provisional government already recognized Finland as a state in its own right, but wanted to preserve the union along with some prerogatives.After the October Revolution, the majority non-socialist parties decided to cut all ties with the new Bolshevik Council of People's Commissars, and the Finnish parliament passed the Power Act again in November, effectively declaring Finland sovereign.The Social Democrats also sought independence, but wanted to have the Bolsheviks recognize it first.