'Mr X lives in a slum and is unemployed. Therefore, Mr X deserves to be a minister.' Which fallacy is committed?

Poverty and unemployment are pushed as grounds for deserving a ministership.

Living in a slum and being jobless are hardships that evoke sympathy.

Sympathy, however, is irrelevant to fitness for a public office.

The argument substitutes an emotional plea for genuine qualification.

Using pity in place of relevant reasons is the appeal to pity, ad misericordiam.