Tppointments to all boards, statutory authorities and councils would have to be made by Assembly committees under legislation proposed by Independent MLA Michael Moore.
He said yesterday that he was confident he had the numbers in the Assembly to get the law through.
The move comes after the Opposition criticised two appointments of prominent Labor Party members to statutory offices by Labor Ministers.
Mr Moore said party membership should not preclude appointment, but when a party members were suggested they would have to be looked at more carefully.
Appointments to bodies established by ministers for their own
advice would be excepted.