The answer to that is yes.

Make every thing his little cult tries to do something he has to deal with, directly. When he calls to say, "do it, or else" say his authority is suspect, and you won't comply until the letter of the law is followed.

101 level, OSS Sabotage.

https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf