Egal’s rigged elections and controls created enemies for his government.

Evidence

To stay in power he has compromised himself by sanctioning rigged elections and imposing political controls on the Supreme Court, Police, and press. While these measures may have tightened the Prime Minister’s control over inert bureaucracy, they also have made enemies. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1028

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Rigging elections and court control buys short-term power but creates enemies (similarity 0.90)
• Egal’s regime wielded administrative appointments to rig the 1969 election. (similarity 0.85)
• Egal’s regime centralized police control under the Interior Minister in 1969. (similarity 0.80)