He could legally appoint himself, but it'd be the political kiss of death. He could get around this by appointing someone who agreed to not run in the special election, and then run himself.
Rounds should definitly run should it come to it...
--He could legally appoint himself, but it'd be the political kiss of death. He could get around this by appointing someone who agreed to not run in the special election, and then run himself.--
The only precedent was Napoleon I, who crowned himself Emperor of France after the Pope refused to do it.