{"code":"TC-02","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","category":"Political","definition":"Senior state actors — president, prime minister, ministers, parliamentary speakers, MPs, or party officials — publicly authorize, legitimize, or direct action against civil society. Operates across channels: formal speech or press conference, parliamentary floor statement or CSO naming, social media attack by senior official. The channel is a detection detail; the analytically significant element is the authorization signal itself — a senior state actor publicly designating civil society as a legitimate target. Functions as a permission structure for subsequent media, institutional, and enforcement action.","needs_review":false,"instrument_type":"Political","detection_signal":"Presidential or ministerial statements framing CSOs as foreign-controlled or destabilizing; parliamentary floor naming of specific organizations or individuals; senior official social media posts targeting CSO staff or work; coordinated authorization signals from multiple officials within short timeframe."}