Established bureaucrats oppose this diversion of revenues from corruption for several reasons. First, they resent the capture revenues which traditionally might have been channelled to ey do not wish to give the new ticians hance to use these funds to consolidate their power base, to become even stronger in the future, and to become even more effective in monopolizing the revenue from corruption milar way, the new business politicians deliberately mounted attacks on the revenue from corruption which flows to the bureaucracy, and particularly to the military hey see the importance of cutting off the resource flows which he consolidating and defending their prominent role in the polity From the the civilian politicians used parliament to mount attacks on the military budget and in particular to reduce the subventions for abnormal arms purchases within this The coup of February 1991 took place precisely context of competition over revenues from corruption. In the weeks immediately preceding the coup, several major nfrastructure projects were awarded amidst rumours of very large sums being paid to the businessmen politicians holding the ministeral posts which oversaw the contracts. Only days before the coup, the cabinet refused to pass a military subvention for special arms purchases. Then immediately after the coup, the military-led government started investigations designed to freeze and seize politicians' assets which could be shown to have been corruptly acquired. The military also quickly posted a series of requests for arms purchases which were later described as the biggest arms shopping spree the nation had ever seen. which has been involved in time-honoured The military of bureaucratic corruption is unhappy about the intrusion orri which may be getting better access and new power group revenue from corruption. using better techniques to garner the corruption money, but it The contest s about sharing the so about the balance of political power. By permitting t new power groups have access to corruption money, the will eventually lose control over the political process. The new power groups will have a free hand to build up