Egal’s regime centralized police control under the Interior Minister in 1969.

Evidence

Another part of the regime’s strategy meant bringing the national police under the im- mediate and direct authority of the minister of Interior. “The culmination of several actions limiting the autonomy of the police commandant included the hurried enactment by the GSR of a decree law on February 8 effectively transferring from the Commandant to the Minister of Interior the power to assign, transfer, and presumably promote all lower officials.” — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1490

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Egal’s regime centralized police power under the Interior minister (similarity 0.94)
• Egal’s regime wielded administrative appointments to rig the 1969 election. (similarity 0.80)
• Egal’s rigged elections and controls created enemies for his government. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Egal’s regime reduced police autonomy by giving Interior control over postings. #corroborates (0.85)