Practice question · True or false
Free designation is the route by which political alignment can enter an otherwise career-based system.
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- It is discretionary appointment from among qualified officials.
- The candidates are career officials; the choice among them is discretionary.
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True
Why
True, and that is why its scope is a permanent argument. The candidates must be qualified career officials, so it is not patronage in the old sense, but the choice among them is discretionary, which makes it the hinge between the career logic and political direction.
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