Right, the elected people are supposed to be in charge and the cabinet are supposed to implement their policies while also offering advice.

Now it seems that it is those unelected figures who actually make the decisions.

Undisciplined

alter_native

Unelected technocrats are now the nation's chief executives

I was under the understanding that every time we elect a president, they bring in their own cabinet. 
And that cabinet consists of people who will benefit them, not the other way around. 