[p1acebo]

If the post is mostly ceremonial, then having Tharman to fill it is a huge waste of his innate talents in finance and economics.

And this president is stymied by the ever present presidential advisory council, which he always needs to listen to.

For example, the power to grant or deny clemency for death row prisoners also is not his own call to make.

So anybody can fill the post. Even those who make a lot of gaffes. As witnessed by the incumbent and outgoing president