As the SSR continued to assume more and more power, many people began rallying to anti-SSR groups. Yen Balestone, a respected former politician, and Ken Trallar, a pro-democracy advocate, became major leaders among these movements. Skirmishes soon began to break out between these groups and SSR police forces as tensions escalated. Nearly a year after the elections, with violence now frequent, the leaders of these various movements and militias consolidated into the Sinyan Nationalist Movement with the intention of overthrowing the SSR.