If it was not clear by this point to Mengistu that he was being squeezed out of power, after a mass rally in Revolution Square in Addis Ababa (better known by its older name, Meskel Square, which was later restored after Mengistu's fall), when General Tafari Benti gave a speech for reconciliation between the various revolutionary factions, he was flanked by Captains Almayahu Haile and Mogus.
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Subsequent to the adoption of this proposal, Captain Mogus became chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the Derg, a key position; his ally, Captain Almayahu Haile became its Secretary-General, "a post with such ill-defined limits that it could confer vast powers.".
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A member of the faction opposed to Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, Mogus was appointed to chair a committee to reorganize the Derg.
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