The new Constitution says there cannot be more than 22 ministers. One of the major actions of the new government has been to reduce 40 ministries to 18. The President appoints Ministers (now called Cabinet Secretaries like in the US), who are not politicians, but technocrats (only two of whom were ministers in the previous government and in this case they had to agree to cease being involved in politics). The Treasury Cabinet Secretary was working in Finance, and some have come from the private sector. So the whole of Cabinet are now technocrats not politicians. In addition the President appoints the Principal Secretaries (formerly Permanent Secretaries). The Presidential nominations for cabinet and principal secretaries are vetted by Parliament, with the public able to observe. The list is then taken to Parliament and the whole house then discusses.