Exactly. Running for office is not like joining the mob. You’re allowed to leave.Allowing someone to choose not to do something is "anti-democratic" now?
That would be an interesting system - get the country to vote for someone as President - they don't have to run.
Then when they say they don't want the job, force them to do it anyway.
The only politicians that don’t get to retire to a quiet life in the country are people like Vladimir Putin who will immediately fall out of a window the moment he loses his grip on power.