To avoid conflicts of interests and questions of authority in overseeing research, a higher level office with agencywide authority is needed, the committee said.
A police officer at Wanshousi station declined to comment and referred queries to a higher level office, where calls went unanswered.
Another reason has been that most of the earlier elected Presidents came from the various high level offices like Vice-Presidents, Governors, Senators and Generals.
Women are nearly twice as likely as men to contend that it is more difficult for women to raise money for a political campaign, and only half as likely to believe that women and men face an equal chance of being elected to high level office (13percentt of women, compared to 24percentt of men).
The Working Families Party generally supports mainstream candidates in high-level offices.
Mr Niyazov occupied virtually all the high-level offices of state, and had gradually emasculated the government and legislature over the years, subsuming all power to the presidency.
"When you hear the different names and different professions, from very simple people to very high-level offices, you see the scope of the catastrophe that happened to our people and our country," said Dzhibladz.
And some say the Senate, where the slow pace and partisan maneuvering over confirmations has kept high-level offices vacant for extended stretches, is being too timid and should consider more far-reaching changes for all presidential appointees.
High-level offices such as abbots and bishops were usually held by the younger sons of nobles, appointed by the Danish king or the pope, and there was seldom enough agreement among bishops in order to confront royal power effectively.
These lower-level representatives, once elected, would in turn elect candidates to higher-level offices, with this process continuing up to the highest level of government.
In June 2014 Katainen stepped down as NCP leader and prime minister to pursue high-level office in the EU.
