Mozambique is a dominant party democracy, where Frelimo holds control over the State, the economy, the country's resources and, perhaps, claims to be the holder of civil society where the ruling elites tend to be agents to serve themselves. themselves than working for the common good.
This blurred the distinction between the public sphere and the private sphere. In practice this means that public procurement in Mozambique is implemented in an environment where the political elite, holders of public office, senior civil servants and civil servants directly linked to the State's procurement processes have economic interests, a path for the occurrence of the figure of Conflict of interests.