Yet that stability is at risk because of Mr Museveni's desire to stay in power.
"If they don't, they risk losing power, and they want to stay in power, " he said.
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Chavez has adopted the Castro's modus operandi to stay in power while oppressing the Venezuelan people.
The president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, has asked the interim government to stay in power.
Indeed, it may even help him to stay in power for another couple of years.
This forced the committee barons to kowtow, seeking rank-and-file votes to stay in power.
It is clear that Mr Putin wants to stay in power for the next 12 years.
If Tantawi decides to stay in power, we will support him until the day he dies.
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Mr Valder wants the Liberal Party to stay in power, but without Mr Howard as leader.
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Overspending and incompetence by its ministers may be the price that Fidesz pays to stay in power.
Then Suharto made public his desire to stay in power and seemed to anoint a vice president.
The government, which needs 271 MPs to stay in power, has the support of at least 280 MPs.
And in Ivory Coast, where the outgoing president has stolen an election and killed protestors to stay in power?
The government, which needs 271 MPs to stay in power, still has the support of at least 280 MPs.
Gen Abdelaziz appointed a transitional government to stay in power until new elections, to be organised in late 2009.
Russia has said the president should be allowed to stay in power, arguing that his presence would stabilise any transition.
Others feel that Mahathir is looking for an excuse to justify the use of extreme measures to stay in power.
He sees the leader as a shrewd political operator, who has managed to stay in power, despite North Korea's massive problems.
There are other alternatives to somebody who is willing to rape and mutilate and murder in order to stay in power.
Another brother has helpfully compared Ollanta to Libya's Muammar Qaddafi, saying he would like to stay in power for 40 years.
Even so, Castro has milked the assassination threat for four-and-a-half decades to stay in power and spread his brands of violence.
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The minority centre-right government formed after the 2001 election by Kjell Magne Bondevik needs the Progress Party's votes to stay in power.
"Podemos" insists that the President is only focused on making a new constitution to stay in power and unfairly privilege indigenous groups.
Or, more likely, it might encourage Mr Putin to stay in power.
This is a corrupt, fanatical, ruthless and unprincipled regime unpopular, to be sure, but willing to do whatever it takes to stay in power.
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The government's strategy may be to hang on grimly until after the vote, when it expects to stay in power, and then act.
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On Monday, rebel leader Michel Djotodia made his first public declaration since overthrowing Bozize, stating that he planned to stay in power until 2016.
To stay in power, the coalition needed the support of Communist parties, who celebrated their triumph by rattling the markets with their policy statements.
The least ideal, the worst outcome is one that would somehow allow Assad to stay in power and to continue to butcher his own people.
But Mr Abhisit's coalition partners, mostly cast-offs from Mr Thaksin's former party, want to stay in power and build up campaign funds for as long as possible.
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