However, loyalty to a Czechoslovak state was tenuous in Carpathian Ruthenia. The Czechoslovak government-in-exile led by President Edvard Beneš issued a proclamation in April 1944 excluding from political participation former collaborationist Hungarians, Germans, and the Russophile Ruthenian followers of Andrej Brody and the Fencik Party (who had collaborated with the Hungarians).
Despite being part of Czechoslovakia, loyalty to the state was weak in Carpathian Ruthenia. The Czechoslovak government-in-exile, led by President Edvard Beneš, issued a decree in April 1944 barring former collaborators from political participation, including those who had worked with Hungarians, Germans, and the Russophile Ruthenian followers of Andrej Brody and the Fencik Party.