TIME was when we never had to ask who will administer the oath of office for an incoming President of the Republic.

It was the tradition for the incoming leader to take his oath before the chief justice of the Supreme Court, to invest the moment with appropriate solemnity and dignity, in full view of the nation and the world.

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