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  • Commentary: Why Did Malay Candidates Who Qualified Refused To Challenge Halimah Yacob?

    Commentary: Why Did Malay Candidates Who Qualified Refused To Challenge Halimah Yacob?

    Dear Editors,

    Everyone is now visibly upset with the Presidential walkover but I am more upset with the passive nature of our malay candidates. Apart from Salleh Marican and Farid Khan who did not make the cut, there were high profile business persons who automatically qualified like Bank Of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari and the CEO of PT Trans Retail Shafie Shamsuddin. Why did they not stand up and be counted for our Malay community and stop this farce of an election walkover?
    For PR Trans Retail CEO Shafie Shamsuddin, Singapore’s GIC invested 5.2 trillion rupiah (SGD$387 million) for a 17% stake in PT Trans Retail. If you extrapolate that to the full value of PT Trans Retail, it would be over SGD$2200 million. This would have allowed him to qualify without any problems.

    Same for Bank of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari, BOS managed more than 79 billion dollars worth of assets, surely that qualifies him automatically as well.

    So why did these two upstanding individuals from our community not step up to challenge Halimah Yacob who did serve in public service but sadly has not have the experience in managing huge amounts of money like the Singapore reserves.

    Are they more concerned with making more money for themselves? Why did they not take the opportunity to give back to our community and to show Singapore that we the Malays have good candidates as well? We don’t need any special treatment to qualify for the 500 million benchmark, we have successful people who can qualify on our own merit.

    The PAP planned everything nicely and Halimah got a comfortable smooth sailing ride because our Malay representatives refused to step up to the challenge. This is a shame our community, where has the spirit of serving gone to? With too much money, people forget about their roots?

    Abdul Raheem

     

    Source: everyday sg

  • Commentary: The Concrete Plan Behind The Presidential Election (A Malay Edition)

    Commentary: The Concrete Plan Behind The Presidential Election (A Malay Edition)

    1. First they came and tinker with the presidential system to further entrench their grip on power

    2. To do so, they need a pawn to justify the tinkering

    3. Enter the Malays

    4. Offer highest position available in the country

    5. Rationalize by stating that the Malays can never win in an open election

    6. Raise the criteria so that only a selected few would be eligible. Limit suprises

    7. Call for an election

    8. Disqualify anyone not meeting the criteria

    9. Achieve a walkover. It doesnt matter that the preferred candidate will forever carry the burden of not having the mandate of the people. Retain control at all cost

    11. Declare endorsed candidate winner.

    12. Mission accomplished

    Well done!

     

    Source: Khan Osman Sulaiman

  • Salleh Marican: I Am Disappointed That The PEC Committee Did Not See Me Fit

    Salleh Marican: I Am Disappointed That The PEC Committee Did Not See Me Fit

    Mainstream media CNA stated that the reason Second Chance CEO Salleh Marican did not qualify as his firm was “considerably below” the S$500 million shareholders’ equity required. But how many people, even other races, would have qualified in handling over $500 million equity?

    Did PAP do their homework thoroughly when they set that 500mil asset requirements to ensure that no “Malay” can match it? Meanwhile, Halimah has managed $0. Look at the loophole PAP has left for itself. Helping your mother to sell nasi lemak in your younger days do not provide you with expertise in handling over $500 million equity.

    Singaporeans don’t even comprehend why the need to be qualified in handling huge amount of money is a requirement in serving Singapore as President. If you got heart and passion, you should be eligible. Then for the next election, can we suggest that only people like Jack Ma or Peter Lim are eligible because they will raise the ceiling to a billion and hit PAP’s criteria?

    Shortly after the announcement by PEC, Salleh gave the following statement on his FB profile.

    “I am disappointed that the committee did not see it fit to give me the go-head to take part in the Presidential Election.

    But this doesn’t mean my work to help my fellow citizens comes to an end. My team and I will regroup to see how the effort to help our disadvantaged sisters and brothers can go forward.

    Since I threw my hat into ring months ago, I have realized there is an urgent need to help my fellow citizens. And I pledge to do exactly that.

    To my family, friends, business associates and well wishers who had stood by me in my decision to become the President of Singapore I say: The fight to serve Singapore is not over. We will regroup and put our plans into action soon.”

     

    Rilek1Corner

     

  • SDP On EP Walkover: PAP’s Contempt For Our Constitution And Our Flag Must Be Roundly Condemned

    SDP On EP Walkover: PAP’s Contempt For Our Constitution And Our Flag Must Be Roundly Condemned

    Singapore Democrats

    The walkover of the Presidential Election comes as no surprise. The PAP had changed the rules and revised the criteria of the Elected Presidency to pave the way for Ms Halimah Yacob to assume the office.

    Nevertheless, this is a sad day for Singapore. The rule of law has been mercilessly mocked and denigrated. The contempt the PAP has shown for our constitution and our flag which symbolises the ideals of democracy, unity and progress must be roundly condemned.

    By doing what it has done, the PAP has shown yet again that its only goal is to strengthen its grip on power. That the goal is detrimental to the interests and progress of Singapore is of secondary concern to the party.

    It is bad enough that the PAP has manipulated the system to get one if its own to become the president. That it has dangerously played the race card and divided the people to achieve this must be of grave concern to all Singaporeans.

    The SDP protests this outcome in the strongest manner possible.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Halimah Yacob Who Is The Only Eligible PE Candidate Sparks #NotMyPresident Hashtag Across Singapore

    Halimah Yacob Who Is The Only Eligible PE Candidate Sparks #NotMyPresident Hashtag Across Singapore

    Barely minutes after former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob was confirmed on Monday (11 September) as the only eligible candidate for this year’s Presidential Election (PE), a number of Singaporeans began using the hashtag #notmypresident in their social media posts.

    The use of the hashtag has continued to gather momentum in the past few hours, with Singaporeans expressing dissatisfaction that there would be a walkover for the PE. Polling Day for the PE, which is reserved for Malay candidates, has been set for 23 September but is unlikely to take place.

    For example on Twitter a user tweeted, “come on. only Halimah received the eligibility certificate. did you guys have to make it THAT obvious? #NOTMYPRESIDENT”. Others came up with different hashtag to show their displeasure such as #rejectPE201, #reservedforPAP and #MadamKelongPresident but the most popular remains with the #notmypresident hashtag.

     

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