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[–] alnilam@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They pinky-promise. No really.

I wonder in there are any military coups that ever left their position of power voluntarily

[–] overflow64@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The difference here is that president was attempting to become an autocrat while the only charges I’ve seen levied against Bazoum are vague mentions of “treason”. I can understand if the president is unpopular that this coup might have quite a few supporters but that’s what elections are for.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Egypt, 1952 and 2013. Turkey had a few military coups between 1960 and 2000, but they weren't really successful in establishing a free democracy. Probably others.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago