Tag Archive: Halimah Yaacob

Yaacob Ibrahim: Halimah Is Consistent And Never Shy To Speak Her Mind, I’ve Known Her For A Long Time

I’ve known Halimah for a long time. We first met in 1976 when I was an undergrad at the University of Singapore and she was in her third year of law school. We were at the University of Singapore Muslim…
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Osman Sulaiman: Dilemma Of A Malay Voter On Reserved Presidential Election

Dilemma of a Malay voter this coming reserved Presidential Election (PE) What participation means for the Malay voters. 1. Reserving the PE only for Malay candidates is against the grain of meritocracy. The central tenets that our country is built…
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Speaker Halimah Yacob To Run For The Presidency: Sources

Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob has decided to run in this year’s presidential election (PE), according to a source close to the 62-year-old. Halimah, who is also a Member of Parliament for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, has communicated her decision to run in the…
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M Ravi Files Constitutional Challenge Against Changes To Elected Presidency

Human rights lawyer M. Ravi yesterday filed a constitutional challenge against changes to the elected presidency made last year. The changes, which Parliament approved last November, tighten the qualifying criteria for candidates, and include a provision to reserve a presidential…
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Is Mr Abdul Rahim Osman The First Independent Malay Candidate Contesting Presidential Elections?

Dear All Singapore Stuff, I live in Sengkang. I received this flyer and name card from an Independent candidate who claimed to be doing a constituency visit recently. As there are no by-elections at the moment, I can surmise that…
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