 Several of his co-conspirators, however, were republicans, and later in the day the events of the military coup progressed to the abolition of the monarchy.The decision to establish a republican provisional government was taken when Deodoro (who had already proclaimed "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor" during the public acts of the coup) received, from his republican co-conspirator Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães, the false news that the Emperor intended to appoint Gaspar da Silveira Martins, a declared enemy of Deodoro, as the next Prime Minister.After the republic was proclaimed, a presidential executive replaced the parliamentary system of government.