All this epic corruption with all these alleged checks and balances built in. One can imagine how bad the corruption must me on the local government levels.
AFAIK, there are no checks and balances that prohibit relatives of politicians from taking “consulting” jobs, and being on the boards of foreign companies. Anyone with one eye and a grain of sense can see that those positions are nothing but a money laundering scheme to take money from taxpayers and funnel it back to politicians through their families.