The CC expelled the thirteen critics from the SYL to end the dispute

Evidence

Finally, the CC responded to the critics by wiring its own telegram to the trusteeship council denouncing the opposition, and the critics responded by making more denunciations. The Speaker of the assembly noted that everyone was going mad when the CC expelled the critics from the party. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 408

Categorization

• XREF: A party central committee expelling its internal critics over a telegram escalatory spiral mirrors the ‘everyone going mad’ factional breakdown found in other independence-era party histories.