There was self-evident logic to these choices. A decisive reorientation of the modus operandi of administrations towards results, productivity, quality, is possible only if those running each unit know that their career and also part of their pay depend on the results they achieve, not on the party card they carry or their willingness to accede to the patronage demands of the majority of the day; only if the results are assessed by impartial judges using objective criteria and indicators; consequently, only if executives are loyal to the political authorities, i.e. actively engaged in implementing the strategies and guidelines set at political level, but also impartial, serving the citizens regardless of their opinions, and efficient, i.e. able to foster and guide the upgrading of public goods and services, which are the concrete means of safeguarding the rights of the citizenry. And only if they know that their performance will be gauged by their results, not their fidelity to whomever is momentarily in power or their willingness to humour the potentates’ every whim.