The Prime Minister is obligated to approve the choice which is actually made by the Assembly.
See, there is no need for this law. It serves absolutely no purpose today but the fact that it should have to be one day, challenged before it's dropped is extremely profound. We all have our prejudices. Every one of us but sometimes our bias runs deeper than we realize.
I don't remember who it was who offered the opinion that it wouldn't stand up to the challenge and I'm not about to go back and read it. However, when I read it, I cringed. The writer was obviously well intentioned, meant no harm to anyone and yet content to leave things as they are.
It may be meaningless to some but one more reason why I & others like me chose to emigrate.
Cheers!
Jim