To take account of this I have, following a meeting with party colleagues and one with the deputy first minister, asked the minister for enterprise Arlene Foster MLA to carry out the functions of the office of first minister for a short period.
"There's no question that, in terms of getting up, going to the office, and basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who's been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold," Mr. Clinton said.
No, you fire off emails, chase things up, file stuff away, make lists, tick things off and generally feel like you're a functioning member of the office-ocracy.
The main reason, he said, was that he wanted to review the staff and functions of the superintendents' offices, too.
The main functions of the 610 Offices include coordinating anti-Falun Gong propaganda, surveillance and intelligence collection, and the punishment and "reeducation" of Falun Gong adherents.
Private delivery services, such as FedEx and UPS, along with their networks of retail offices across the country, have taken over and made extremely efficient what was historically one of the most important functions of the post office -- rail express dedicated to helping citizens receive and send their parcels and mail.
Sheldon told Guardian Australia his preference was for a national integrity commission modelled on the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) with the powers of a royal commission, which could also investigate major corporate corruption, similar to the functions of the serious fraud offices in New Zealand and Britain.
Second, regarding the relationship between the supervisory office and the general management office, the supervisory office has direct control over the daily functioning of the management office.
