 With the CMSN's leader reluctant to break with France and Mauritania, the country refused to give in to Polisario demands for a troop retreat, and Ould Salek's careless handling of the ethnic issue (massively discriminating against Black Africans in nominating for government posts ) contributed to further unrest.In early 1979, he was pushed aside by another group of officers, who renamed the junta the Military Committee for National Salvation (CMSN).Col.