 A red flag was hoisted over the building.The extreme-left members of the Central Committee, led by the Blanquists, demanded an immediate march on Versailles to disperse the Thiers government and to impose their authority on all of France; but the majority first wanted to establish a more solid base of legal authority in Paris.The Committee officially lifted the state of siege, named commissions to administer the government, and called elections for 23 March.