the triumvirate undid the creation of local juntas at the provinces, favoring instead the rule of governors appointed from buenos aires. it delayed as well the declaration of independence and the sanction of a constitution. the relation with the provinces shifted to a strong centralism, generating the resistance of josé gervasio artigas at the banda oriental. artigas organized the liga federal in response, with the banda oriental, the mesopotamia, santa fe and cordoba united against buenos aires under federalist principles.