on 22 august 1973, with the support of the christian democrats and national party members, the chamber of deputies passed 81–47 a resolution that asked "the president of the republic, ministers of state, and members of the armed and police forces" to "put an immediate end" to "breach[es of] the constitution . . . with the goal of redirecting government activity toward the path of law and ensuring the constitutional order of our nation, and the essential underpinnings of democratic co-existence among chileans."