Election For President Commentary And Question Thread

[Lincoln Republican]

I nominate Chairman TNF.

I accept the nomination. If elected, I will not serve. A vote for the Workers Party is a vote against the bourgeois Presidency and bourgeois South American 'Parliament.' Down with the executive offices of the capitalist state!

A question to the appropriate government official, the Speaker?

In the event that Mr. TNF should win the election for President, and "will not serve" as he says, since there are certain constitutional functions and responsibilities that must be performed by the President, what are the constitutional steps or what are the actions that the the government  would take, or would be obligated to take, in the event this should happen?

[Lincoln Republican]

Thank you both for your answers.

Mr. Barnes, TNF would not refuse to take office, he would take the office, but has said he would not serve, which would have the same result.

But as long as the office is occupied, even with an inactive President, which it would be, then it seems to me that Mr. TNF would have to be removed from office before you could call another election for President.

So how would the nation go about removing an elected President from office?

[Lincoln Republican]

That could be, however, simply saying you will not serve is not necessarily the same as not serving.

A candidate for office could say before the election that he will not serve, then he could win the election, then he could have a change of mind or a change of heart, and go on to serve.

So I really do not see how something a candidate says before the election can necessarily be taken as definite.  Candidates say all kinds of things before an election, some brilliant, some stupid. 

After taking office, and then not serving in your elected position, yes, that would be definitive confirmation that you are not serving, but simply saying that you will not serve, before the election, is not necessarily confirmation that you will, in fact, not serve.