 The raid and trial resulted in a shutdown of SCNC activities and Fossung taking a low profile.In response to this, in April 1998 a small faction elected Esoka Ndoki Mukete, a high-ranking member of the Social Democratic Front, as the new chair of the SCNC.The decision was opposed by Fossung and the powerful SCNC-North America and the result was paralysis of the organization.