I recently watch an anime. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s called Attack on Titan.

Weirdly it had this scene in season 2 where the characters realized the government was completely corrupt. What happens was a coup detat involving the military. Before the coup happened they had a good guy getting court marshaled and sent to be hung, the plan was a sting operation to allow the ruling to take place, and then impose military rule after the sting was successful. The military would then allow the people to elect a leader, because they realized the people of the country would be uneasy with not only military rule, but also the sudden change in the leadership at the top (coup).