Cabinet appointments to require minimum qualifications, Muizzu says
Political hiring in the executive will be scaled back in favour of published qualification criteria and open recruitment.
The government will introduce published minimum qualification criteria for political and senior civil service posts, ending what the president described as years of patronage hiring. The announcement — delivered in the same press conference that abandoned further constitutional amendments — was welcomed by senior civil servants who have complained publicly of turnover since 2023.
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