Unamuno's dislike for Manuel Azaña's ruling went so far as to tell a reporter who published his statement in El Adelanto in June of 1936 that President Manuel Azaña should commit suicide as a patriotic act". The Republican government had a serious problem with Unamuno's statements, and on 22 August 1936, they decreed that Unamuno should once again be removed from his position as rector of the university. Moreover, the government removed his name from streets and replaced it with the name of Simón Bolívar.