Precisely. If your job is a legislator, competence (or ability to delegate it) is part of the job description and, if you believe in democracy, a moral imperative. Thus, incompetence IS malice in such cases.
There is such thing as wilful ignorance, as Aristotle condemned it millennia ago, and it is morally reprehensible.
There is such thing as wilful ignorance, as Aristotle condemned it millennia ago, and it is morally reprehensible.