Well said

The Star-Phoenix editorial board tears into the Wall government for its attempt to give Sask Party MLAs a political veto over the appointment of Saskatchewan's independent elections commissioner:

(W)hen the government has a system in place to ensure a non-partisan selection process for a job as important is that of the chief electoral officer, the premier has the duty either to accept the results of that process or make it absolutely clear why he would allow his caucus to throw it out.

And if Justice Minister Don Morgan believes that it's acceptable to change the process after his party get caught fiddling with the results of what has been the accepted manner to choose other non-partisan officers of the legislature, he is as far out of touch with reality as he is with the seriousness of this matter. Top of the list of duties of the chief electoral officer is to remain non-partisan. This must be so only in action but also in perception. The appointment of the electoral officer was depoliticized in 1998, and it's best that it remain that way.

To have the Saskatchewan Party caucus throw out the results of a bi-partisan selection committee without explanation or excuse absolutely violates the perception that the electoral officer's position will remain a non-partisan appointment. Not only does it harm the office of this most critical public servant, it also throws into question Saskatchewan's democratic process.
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Given what Mr. Morgan has written about Mr. Wilkie's qualifications, and absent an adequate explanation, the unmistakable impression is created that the only reason the Saskatchewan Party would refuse his appointment would be an effort to gerrymander the electoral boundaries or to subvert the electoral process by stacking the office.