We have a serious and delicate problem here, with a great many young lives at stake, and we really don't need civilian interference.
They added that it should be possible for him to run the military operation without civilian interference.
Giving her the authority to call the shots without civilian interference represents a major departure from the Peeps' established policies.
It claimed that "the sniping operation was abandoned due to civilian interference".
About half of Peru's population lives in so-called emergency zones, areas where the army is largely free to act without civilian interference.
Torres had cut the defense budget to free money for education and allowed civilian interference in strictly military matters.
The November 7, 1974, coup has been called an auto-golpe (self-made coup) because it gave Banzer a reason to rule without civilian interference.
The conflict intensified because General Escala did not approve of any "civilian" interference in what he saw as purely army matters.
Phipps had little tolerance for foolishness and retained a professional soldier's dislike of civilian interference in military affairs, and ineffective administration, whether from civilians or government.
Nara could feel the revulsion that military culture held for civilian interference.