Critics have accused him of autocratic tendencies and protecting the cocaine trade.

His autocratic tendencies increased as the 1960s wore on.

Diplomats say he has proven to be an ineffectual leader, however, and as the country's economic difficulties have multiplied, he has shown increasingly autocratic tendencies.

The reception was mixed, but criticism predominated as many believed he neglected Mao's autocratic tendencies.

He had already been accused of autocratic tendencies.

Many Koreans and foreigners alike say that the autocratic tendency will become diluted as younger politicians rise to the top.

Or Yeltsin himself, who has shown autocratic tendencies, could try to dissolve the legislature and impose "emergency rule," which he has intimated he might do.

Now, seven years later, the mission has mostly taken hold, though Chappell says that he still struggles to overcome his own autocratic tendencies and a volatile temper.

Critics say Mr. Gamsakhurdia's new home guard troops affirm his autocratic tendencies.