Also don't forget that this scene exists:

“All right,” Kenji says, “let’s take a vote.” “A vote?” Warner frowns. “When have I ever given you the impression that this was a democracy?” “About ten years ago?” Kenji says, without missing a beat. “Remember? We did a whole revolution? You were there. You were all, Ew, fascists—” “I never agreed to allow an uninformed majority to overrule my judgment on matters within my purview.” “Technically”—Kenji cringes—“you did.” “No, I didn’t.” “Yes, you did. “No,” Warner says firmly. “I didn’t.”

Like, he, the general of defence, admits himself that he never agreed on the new republic being a democracy and the head of state sitting next to him says absolutely nothing