The "Twelve" abandoned the coalition in protest and formed the "National Patriotic Front" (Frente Patriotico Nacional

- FPN) together with the "United People's Movement" (MPU). This strengthened the revolutionary organizations as tens of thousands of youths joined the FSLN and the fight against Somoza. A direct consequence of the spread of the armed struggle in Nicaragua was the official reunification of the FSLN that took place on 7 March 1979. Nine men, three from each tendency, formed the National Directorate which would lead the reunited FSLN. They were: Daniel Ortega, Humberto Ortega and Vctor Tirado (Terceristas); Toms Borge, Bayardo Arce (es), and Henry Ruiz (GPP faction); and Jaime Wheelock, Luis Carrin and Carlos Nez. "Proletarian Tendency" [31]