 To ensure they reached their goal, the group controlled the list of invitees and denied entry to the cabildo to known royalists.French, Beruti and their followers gave each patriot member a light blue and white emblem ("escarapela") to differentiate them from the royalists.When on May 24, the Cabildo opened deliberations directed by a Junta with Cisneros at its head, French opposed them and, upon the general rejection the Junta dissolved.