• The establishment of principal-principal relationships may generate a two way government-business deals30 lacking the control and involvement of independent regulators, ombudsmen and audit review.
• Moreover, the handling of PPP on a case by case basis, by the government itself has exposed PPPs to multiple conflicts of interest.31
• The PA can be easily captive by the private sector due to the lack of capacity and resources
• The institutional cooperation may lead to opportunistic and corrupt practice
• The adaptation of the project to new technology may rise issues of confidentiality and data protection which may reduce the transparency of additional costs
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30 It also has to be noted - particularly in the case of unsolicited proposals - that PPPs "added a whole new dimension to project initiation, planning and completion with new powerful interest groups moving in alongside elected governments. Thus, we see today new infrastructure projects being suggested by real estate agents as well as various project financiers and merchant bankers, rather than bureaucrats - whose purpose, one would have thought, would be to do just this, as well as analyzing a range of smaller packages of alternative improvement options. Whilst such government-business deals may well end up meeting the public interest, it would seem more by coincidence than by design". HODGE G. - GREVE. C. "The PPP Debate.. cit.17; On the same FLINDERS, M highlights that PPPs may PPPs 'change the focus of attention to the needs of the firm, the contractor and the 'consumer' rather than some wider notion of the public interest', FLINDERS, M. cit.,, 215-239.
31 HODGE G. - GREVE. C. "The PPP Debate.. cit. pp. 16