General Pereda did not call for elections, despite his promise to do so, and he was overthrown in a bloodless coup in November 1978 by General David Padilla Arancibia (1978–79), who was supported by the younger institutionalist faction of the military.
General Pereda utlyste inte val trots sitt löfte om att göra så, och han störtades i en statskupp i november 1978, ledd av general David Padilla Arancibia (president 1978-79) som stöddes av den yngre generationsgruppen inom militären.