Tag Archive: Elected President

In History Of Presidencies, Colour Blind Reality Of The Ordinary Singaporean Is The One Factual Highlight

A letter from Patrick Low on the Elected President. Dear Fellow Singaporeans Comes September 2017 we may be going to the polls to elect our 8th President reserved for the Malay race only. Notwithstanding the constitutionaI amendments passed in Parliament…
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Dr Tan Cheng Bock: 2017 Should Be Open Presidential Election

(Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Press Conference on 31st March 2017) 1. Thank you everyone for making the time to attend this Press conference. 2. I call this press conference to ask the government whether it is correct to make the…
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Singapore’s Next President: A Look At Potential Candidates

Amendments to the Constitution were passed on Nov 9, with Members of Parliament voting in favour of the Government’s proposed changes to the Elected Presidency 77 to six. Apart from tightening the eligibility criteria and strengthening the powers of the Council…
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Walid J. Abdullah: What Would Malay Community Feel About Affirmative Action-President?

Some people have made the point that having a Malay president would be a good sign to the rest of the world, and that when people of other countries see a Malay as a President of a non-Malay majority country,…
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