Our View: President acting as deus ex machina needs to end

Presidents of the Republic have always tended to act as a mediator/facilitator in disputes – the man who will knock heads together, make people act sensibly and make them compromise so that sticky problems could be overcome. This, at least, was the theory, in line with the narrative that the president saw the bigger picture and would advise what was in the best interest of the country.

The formula was not always successful but even when it produced a result, this was not in the best interest of the country.