No military leader or civilian politician has been able to rival it.

The last coup was 15 months ago, but unless civilian politicians reach a compromise quickly, the next one could be fast approaching.

The coup removed political decision making from the control of the civilian politicians.

There can be no stable passage to democracy unless civilian politicians and military leaders work out mutual problems.

That means a changed role for civilian politicians, and for officers long at the center of political power.

For now the army still seems willing to tolerate the civilian politicians.

That's why they're demanding that civilian politicians put their house in order.

Some of the failure can be traced to the long-running conflict between civilian politicians and the Army.

This has brought renewed criticism of his leadership from civilian politicians trying to establish a working democracy.

The Lees, especially, are moderates who simply want a new generation of civilian politicians - themselves, that is - to take power.