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They are effectively absolute monarchies, which can override decisions of any elected officials.

But can != will, I know that exploiting power is hard to resist but I am asking for specific examples as I don't really follow what happens in that area.

They are really not hard to find. This is a famous example, how this kind of system works:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi

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