Those other actors all seem like direct reports of the democratically elected leadership. You don't elect people to literally pick up shovels and build infrastructure. You elect them to delegate.
And? He's "zooming in on the managers more than the politicians" because they can be easily replaced by any politician who gives a damn about infrastructure, and the whole point of the project is to give an idea of cost so politicians who give a damn can determine when a manager is bad.
He's not trying to address what to do if a politician doesn't care about infrastructure.
Democratically elected leadership can be replaced democratically. Appointed leadership can be replaced with public pressure on democratically elected leadership.
