According to the minutes : After refusing PERSON@1 's demands for the Chancellorship , PERSON@2 had a press release issued of his meeting with PERSON@1 that implied that PERSON@1 had demanded absolute power and had his knuckles rapped by the President for making such a demand .

According to the minutes : PERSON@2 issued a press release about his meeting with PERSON@1 that seemed to say that PERSON@1 had demanded absolute power and that the President had refused .
