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The only other foundation overseer, French business and IT analyst Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons, proposed a series of replacements – all of whom were turned down by Gevers. Pons, believed to be aligned with the Breitmans, apologized to the unsuccessful candidates, according to a thread on Reddit which published excerpts of what appear to be emails from Pons. The candidates had been vetoed by Gevers for lack of Swiss mentality, ties to the Breitmans, or simply because their expertise wasn't required, according to Pons. 

Pons

Without naming names, Gevers' tweets seem to target the Breitmans with mentions of «integrity» and «emotional maturity» – in other words, the two parties won't be patching up their dispute anytime soon. That doesn't seem to be Gevers' intention, according to another of his tweets:

Gevers seems to want to use his role as foundation and ICO overseer to wrest control of the project's development from the Breitmans. The ICO contract calls for the foundation to buy Tezos' intellectual property when the project is ready to fly – a nightmare scenario for Tezos investors. Giving a «dictator» like Gevers control of a decentralized ledger project like Tezos is unacceptable, according to the supporters.

In other social media messages, the Swiss government is urged into action. Swiss president Alain Berset oversees the department to which Switzerland's foundation regulator reports.

The irony? Crypto-anarchists urging the state to intervene when they lose control of a project. The foundation regulator in Switzerland, which is courting crypto business, didn't comment beyond repeating that Gevers needs to replace the vacant foundation seat soon.