Can a Recall be stopped by the Recall Committee?

With the expectation that there is no formal policy on what a recall committee may or may not do, I would believe that whomever, an individual or committee, took charge and circulated the petitions for submission would also have the authority to withdraw the request once submitted.

So, there was an offer put forth by the Board Prez to resign in exchange for stopping the recall, the treasurer has already stepped down back in November, a meeting with the lawyer present to explain the process. The meeting started with the recall compromise counter offer to accept the resignation with the stipulation request that the ONE Board member who did not go along with the questionable activities should be seated as president until the March election.
It was declined without discussion and the meeting was lead through all the protocol of proceeding with th recall, only to come to an additional compromise at the end to accept the replacement board member for the already resigned Treasurer.

This was done by collecting enough signatures that were eligible on the petitions and disqualifying them through a separate petition to bring the number required below the 10% mark. Oddly enough the number required was only nine. The lawyer claimed that was the only legal way.
One thing stands out however, which is the knowledge of the number results for the recall petition given to the Board in private before they voted on the parameters of allowable signatures with regard to being paid up on assessments. This was apparent when they pointed out that their decision had actually allowed the petitions to meet the mark as opposed to the alternate that would not have. It was clearly an effort to put themselves in the best light, but revealed the back room activity.
Is this an appropriate action by the lawyer?

More of a curiosity really, I was content with the decision of eligibility because it was the same as how they were originally elected, and that to me is fair. But the law firm while I understand is there to represent the Association through the Board, was also the entity that verified all signatures, I would hope for at least that portion they could stay impartial to allow true consideration from the Board on what is fair and not what may be advantageous one way over another.