Visse af disse regioner synes dog at have udviklet en anden politisk stil, selvom mange regionale ledere også blev ramt af antikorruptionskampagnen i 1980'eme og 1990'eme.
Research has indicated that some of these regions were able to develop a different style of politics, although many of the regional leaders were also caught up in the anticorruption drive of the 1980s and 1990s.