Once a civilian regime was elected in Uruguay, for example, "disappearances" ceased.

To prevent a victory by leftist guerrillas, the Reagan team spent $6 billion on wobbly civilian regimes too weak to control a ruthless army.

The weakness of the civilian regime allowed the Cambodian army to become an unruly mob at roadblocks.

It is too deeply ingrained and too powerful, even if a civilian regime may be temporarily installed.

The new civilian regime, which operated under the 1956 Transitional Constitution, tried to end political factionalism by establishing a coalition government.

The military government was due to return power to a civilian regime in June 1992.

The occupying powers organized civilian regimes in North and South.

And of greatest importance, will the military stay in the barracks if the civilian regime faces severe crisis?

The surviving members of the Derg remained in power as the leaders of the new civilian regime.

While a lot was said against Obasanjo's civilian regimes failures but not much were emphasis on the state of things before he took over.