Democracy Watch Vol. 7 No. 1: The enigmatic 2006 ministerial reshuffle

Abstract

There is, of course, no hard and fast rule as to when it might be best to reshuffle the President’s ministerial team. As with the decision to appoint or sack a particular minister, the timing and scale of such reshuffles is entirely the prerogative of the President, at whose sole pleasure all
ministers serve. Still, because ministerial appointments or firings have significance for the quality of governance and the direction of the Government’s policy priorities, they are bound to attract a fair amount of public interest and comment when they are announced.