autocratic
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Yunus has pushed a reform charter for democratic change he says is designed to prevent a return to autocratic one-party rule.
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The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, the 85‑year‑old Nobel Peace Prize winner, says the reform charter is designed to prevent a return to autocratic one-party rule.
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"The election... forms a major counter to China's autocratic one-party rule," said Phuntsok.
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But she also presided over an autocratic government that crushed dissent, and now faces court cases alleging the looting of national wealth.
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Moreover, history suggests that foreign support has rarely been the determining factor in helping popular revolts topple autocratic leaders.
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