Pinochet remained in charge of the army for another 10 years after that referendum, effectively continuing to "oversee" the transition. Even after that, he was

Pinochet remained in charge of the army for another 10 years after that referendum, effectively continuing to "oversee" the transition. Even after that, he was senator for life. Oh and he didn't really want to go anyway. From Wikipedia: "In the wake of his electoral defeat, Pinochet attempted to implement a plan for an auto-coup. He attempted to implement efforts to orchestrate chaos and violence in the streets to justify his power grab, however, the Carabinero police refused an order to lift the cordon against street demonstrations in the capital, according to a CIA informant. In his final move, Pinochet convened a meeting of his junta at La Moneda, in which he requested that they give him extraordinary powers to have the military seize the capital. Air Force General Fernando Matthei refused, saying that he would not agree to such a thing under any circumstances, and the rest of the junta followed this stance, on grounds that Pinochet already had his turn and lost. Matthei would later become the first member of the junta to publicly admit that Pinochet had lost the plebiscite. Without any support from the junta, Pinochet was forced to accept the result."