User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: April 11, 2016/@comment-24258073-20160412053139/@comment-126761-20160412122325

In the grand scheme of things, I don't think this would be a priority for fixing (just because there's other more important stuff). It's odd, but fairly easy to avoid. If a bureaucrat accidentally demotes themselves, the support team are quite happy to restore their rights.