Apolitical role

President was the Head of the State and represented the unity of the Republic, therefore, after being sworn in as the President, he owed a constitutional duty to represent the unity of the Republic as Head of the State and under the Constitution he was not supposed to support any favoured candidate in the elections or a group of political parties

Need for a symbolic figurehead who was representative of the State in its majesty was central to the structure of the parliamentary system

President in Parliamentary Republics was expected to be apolitical/non-partisan and objectively disengaged with any and all affiliations of political, ethnic, linguistic, or geographic nature

President being the symbol of the unity of the Federation occupied a neutral position under the Constitution and was not envisaged by the Constitution to be supporting or backing any particular political party or a group of political parties, or certain individual politicians or candidates contesting election from a given platform to the disadvantage of any other political party, politician, political worker, individual, etc.

President represented the majesty of the State, though only symbolically, and had rapport with all manner of people and parties, being above politics

President, as the constitutional Head of the State, was obliged to perform his functions and duties neutrally and impartially and was not supposed to indulge into politics.