I'm perpetually fascinated by 'new beginnings' syndrome: The capacity of humans to earnestly believe that changing one person will make a difference.
I'd commend the AAAA's submission to the ASRR on this point.
It doesn't matter who the new Messiah is: He or she will be in exactly the same regulatory straight jacket as his or her predecessors. Recent encumbents and the new encumbent have had and will have no power to change the regulatory framework in which they operate. That Frankenstein cannot be killed from within.
[T]he "successful" candidate will be the one judged to be the least likely to cause the Minister any problems ...
Correct. That is the only selection criterion.