Our View: What expertise do advisors bring to the presidential palace?

After months of prevarication backed by unconvincing arguments, the presidential palace decided to release the names of the people hired on contracts as advisors to the president, ministers and deputy ministers. The total number is 31, having steadily risen in the last few months from the initial 19 – there were 25 advisors in June, 29 in July and are currently 31.

Until Tuesday the presidential palace had refused to release the names of the advisors, providing only the initials of each...