To in anyway state, imply, or intend us to believe or understand that his way worked is an outright lie. The story proves that. The major part of doing any battle, in war or in politics, is being smart enough to win. Doing stupid things that remove you from the battle prematurely will never bring about the resolution that you desire.
This board had already made up its mind and was going through the motions to let the peons think they actually had some role. It was a managed and manipulated event by elitists unconcerned with what anyone thinks but concerned only about bad publicity. Exposing this charade, its deceptions and heavy handedness is part of the war.
If he hadn’t spoken out the whole country would not have heard about this.