In recent times the Presidential election has repeatedly been on the front-page of the country’s papers. Two themes that have recurred in the discussion are (a) the choice of President somehow be an “election” and (b) that the President ought to be an apolitical person/above politics.In recent times the Presidential election has repeatedly been on the front-page of the country’s papers. Two themes that have recurred in the discussion are (a) the choice of President somehow be an “election” and (b) that the President ought to be an apolitical person/above politics.