Given that, in theory at least, with our new political order we are now in a position to pick our own high-ranking civil servants and also given that the people the new government picks for the top non-security jobs like EDL, the NSSF, Casino du Liban et al, will be scrutinized for their suitability (or lack of), it seems a fair assumption that the selection process would be a transparent and thoroughly reported affair; an opportunity for the government to show a genuine policy of “out with the old and in with the new.” Not a bit of it. Phones calls placed earlier last month to several journalists drew a blank. Not only did they not know who was slated for what job, but they were not even sure what jobs, apart from the obvious, were up for grabs. All agreed it had all the hallmarks of a stalling game.
