If two persons are equally qualified, certainly give preference to the minority candidate.
Even when everybody's equally qualified, sometimes you have to agree on a top dog.
But there must have been many others equally qualified; well, their envy would soon turn to relief.
Section 158 does not have the requirement for candidates to be equally qualified.
Other critics ignore the significance of the central fact that the two teachers are equally qualified.
"Are you not equally qualified to answer my questions?"
They happen to be interviewed the same day in the same company and both are equally qualified for the job.
After all, other equally qualified, if moderate, candidates were available, and they might have brought more to the ticket.
But if a man and a woman are equally qualified, the woman could be chosen.