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No - Parliament and the Council of Generals did. Nor was that the "first protectorate Parliament." That was the Parliament after this one.

Moreover, you are severely misinterpreting what "Parliament of Saints" means.

Cromwell wanted to rule Britain. Not a "figurehead." If anything, that Parliament was the "figurehead." Their obvious inability to do anything, even when ordered, forced him to be the public dictator.