You know that I am newly elected and I had, just as you when you were first elected, to set up a team of assistants. We receive all sorts of resumes in our offices. Based on their resumes, people can look very impressive and so you invite them to an interview. But it is not only the resume that is indicative of how the person will do the job, there is also what is called judgment. Very often, when we meet people in an interview, it becomes apparent that the best resumes do not always belong to the best people, those who show good judgment. Sometimes, it does not even become apparent in the interview, only later once the person has been hired. Sometimes, things turn out very well, but it happens that people who work for us show a lack of judgment.
Earlier, I asked Mr. Hermanson if he considered himself as political staff or as a senior official. He answered that he viewed himself as a senior official. The job of a senior official is to implement legislation and not to express opinions on a given bill. I am of the view that he showed a clear lack of judgment. This is why I say that we should dissociate his judgment and his resume.