He was the country's first civilian president in 30 years.
No civilian president has been able to challenge the power of the army seriously.
So tell me, how much is different since a civilian president took office?
The university is led by a civilian president and three vice presidents.
But the old order is changing when a civilian President challenges them.
But things might be different with a fairly elected civilian president.
"It will take years before the military becomes accountable to a civilian president," he said.
Paraguay has its first civilian president in nearly half a century.
Not since 1962 had a civilian president in Nigeria brought a state under emergency rule.
In both countries a rightist army remains the real power behind the civilian President.