 The other rebels were determined to go ahead "con Paquito o sin Paquito" (with "Paquito" or without "Paquito"; "Paquito" being a diminutive of "Paco", which in turn is short for "Francisco"), as it was put by José Sanjurjo, the honorary leader of the military uprising.After various postponements, 18 July was fixed as the date of the uprising.The situation reached a point of no return and, as presented to Franco by Mola, the coup was unavoidable and he had to choose a side.