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Just for kicks I'd like to mention something that this reminded me of. In American history, when supporters of a new, stornger central government convened in the Constitutional Convention, they were all just that: supporters. Any figure who was expressly against the convention and going against the Articles of the Confederation did not participate. The reason being was that if they had gone, even to voice their dissent, it would have still been like lending a kind of credibility to the whole process by participating in the first place. By not going, they were trying to give the image that it was all shenanigans to circumvent the laws of the Articles. After the Convention was complete and it was up for ratification, you'll know all those who didn't participate were WTFing at that strategy.
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