I'm not entirely sure making all positions vulnerable to be protested out is a good idea. We'll just end up with all important positions being monopolized by cliques.
I don't see how that follows.
If people could counter-protest to protect their friends, then yes, that would make sense, but if a clique takes control of a realm, and it's large enough that the rest of the realm can't protest them out or rebel...then they own that realm fair and square. (Or as fair and square as such things ever are.)
