Give the Russian equivalents to the following English word-combinations and phrases from the text.

Людмила в категроии Английский язык, вопрос открыт 17.04.2018 в 23:34

on the basis of merit; a largely career—based civil service; high standards of probity and propriety in all professional activities; push through its own programs; a minimal framework of administrative law; public services; a strong civil society; to be organized in more-or-less the same way; to offer a career for life; to disturb the status quo; some critical weaknesses; the New Labor Government; to make sense to the citizen; ethnic minority staff