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).
The Czechoslovak government-in-exile, led by President Edvard Beneš, issued a decree in April 1944 excluding former collaborators from political participation in Carpathian Ruthenia. This exclusion included those who had collaborated with Hungary, Germany, and the Russophile Ruthenian followers of Andrej Brody and the Fencik Party.