> But there are plenty of functioning democracies where the judiciary is subservient to the elected legislature.

true but there aren't a lot of functioning democracies where those reforms are being pursued by a leader who had to already abdicate his position as PM after being indicted for bribery and fraud, while also still being subject to more trials.

If someone like that starts to question the autonomy of the judiciary democracy isn't the word I'd pick for it. Context does matter