Such positions are an abuse of power and a clear meritocratic discrimination...
Abolishing the positions of trust entirely will not be practical as a minister needs personal aides to assist him in putting through the government policies. Nevertheless this needs to be restricted to the bare minimum. Equally important that interviewing boards for government posts are to be strengthened and need to become more transparent otherwise the "persons of trust" will find their way in through the back door.
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