Attempting to retard this positive evolutionary process by stop-gap measures such as the present trade agreement with a reconfigured union will probably only result in increased estrangement and desperation on the part of the most independent republics.
Thomsen cited Aguirre's "inability to work effectively with other staff and his unwillingness to operate within the Securities and Exchange Commission process" as the reason for his firing in September 2005, weeks after Aguirre was given apositive review, but days before his one-year probationary period at the agency was to expire.