 Ongoing delays and the failure of the National Accords led Rucci to public threats of a general strike, while maintaining his contacts with Lanusse, and giving Perón the opportunity appear magnanimous by urging against them.Privately, however, he came to doubt that the aging Perón would return in time to run again for office, and began exploring a "syndicalist-military option," by which Lanusse would call elections, and the CGT would back an amenable candidate from within the armed forcesmost likely Lanusse's labor liaison, General Tomás Sánchez de Bustamante.Ultimately, Lanusse agreed to elections, and allow Perón to visit Argentina in preparations.