autocoup
An autocoup, also called an auto coup d'état, is a coup carried out by a country's head of state or government against its own constitutional order. It differs from a traditional coup in which competing actors seize power from the incumbent regime; in an autocoup, the leader uses state power and legal pretexts to neutralize the legislature, judiciary, or other institutions and extend personal rule.
Common mechanisms include dissolving or suspending the legislature, suspending the constitution or ruling by decree, declaring
Consequences vary but frequently include domestic protests, political isolation abroad, economic instability, and a slide toward
Notable examples are relatively rare but widely studied. The 1992 self-coup by Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori—dissolving