Is the President Dismantling Democracy and Building an Autocracy?

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The country's political elite is just incredibly divided, and has been so for many years. So there's no common cause amongst political parties. Same thing with civil society actors like the country's main trade union. And then the public, for the most part, still seems pretty supportive. None of this lends itself to any sort of organized opposition.

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