Today paper had an editorial about the difficulty of finding a good law minister in Singapore. The underlying problems, and possible solutions, are explained in detail in the article.
My view?
The root cause is our system of selecting ministers. They have to be selected from among the elected members of parliament. This reduces the pool of potential candidates considerably. (We follow the British system).
What is the alternative?
We can consider the American system. The citizens elect their members of Congress (ie Parliament) and a President.
The President picks his ministers (i.e secretary of the various departments) from the entire population. The nominated perons have to be approved by the Congress.
Many other countries also follow the American system. It gives a wider choice of suitable people.
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