Upon these tidings Bolívar left his retreat for Angostura, where, emboldened by Brion, he dissolved the congress and the triumvirate, to replace them by a "supreme council of the nation", with himself as the chief, Brion and Francisco Antonio Zea as the directors, the former of the military, the latter of the political section. However, Piar, the conqueror of Guiana, who once before had threatened to try him before a court-martial as a deserter, was not sparing of his sarcasms against the "Napoleon of the retreat", and Bolívar consequently accepted a plan for getting rid of him.
Bolívar left his retreat and went to Angostura after receiving news of the situation. He dissolved the congress and the triumvirate, replacing them with a "supreme council of the nation" where he was the chief, Brion as military director, and Zea as political director. However, Piar, who had previously threatened to try Bolívar for desertion, mocked him, prompting Bolívar to accept a plan to get rid of him.