junta rule
Generals seize power
Junta rule is governance by a small group, typically military officers, who have seized power rather than being elected.
The term carries strongly negative connotations of authoritarian control, suspended civil liberties, and suppression of political opposition.
The country suffered under junta rule for nearly two decades before democratic elections were restored.
Countries in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia have experienced periods of junta rule, often following coups against civilian governments.
- human rights abusesViolations of fundamental freedoms
- show trialsPropaganda-driven mock prosecutions
- coup d'étatViolent government seizure
- military dictatorshipRegime ruled by armed forces
- iron fistBrutal autocratic rule
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Rule by the people
popular sovereignty · democratic governance · civilian rule · representative government · constitutional democracy
junta rulecivilian control
Military answers to government
pluralism · power-sharing · federalism · decentralized government · coalition government
junta ruleliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
free society · open society · constitutional government · civil liberty · rule of law
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