This was what happened in Canada. You can say that there is a parallel due to the incestuous relationships that were allowed or encouraged or structured to grow between Town Councillors from PAP, the PA, and even the HDB.
MONTREAL — Until the mid-1990s, a Montreal city councillor wasn’t allowed to phone a municipal civil servant, much less step foot inside a bureaucrat’s office.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/corruption+originated/8117288/story.html
MONTREAL — Until the mid-1990s, a Montreal city councillor wasn’t allowed to phone a municipal civil servant, much less step foot inside a bureaucrat’s office.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/corruption+originated/8117288/story.html