Tag Archive: reserved EP

Opposition Heavyweights Lend Support To Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Constitutional Challenge

Lim Tean, Tan Kin Lian, Syafarin Sarif and I had started the initiative to publish a Non-Partisan Joint Statement in support of Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s challenge of the Constitutional change to enforce Reserved Elected Presidency based on dubious grounds….
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Contradictions On The Slippery Slope Towards The Reserved Elected Presidency

This is a summary of my thoughts that I shared at a Discussion Session with undergraduates from the University Scholars Program at Cinnamon College, NUS on 3 Apr 2017. I was asked to broadly comment on the following issues: Given the varying responses…
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Singaporeans Petition For Ong Teng Cheong To Be Recognised As First Elected President

“The President shall be elected by the citizens of Singapore in accordance with any law made by the Legislature.” – Singapore Constitution, Article 17(2). This is a call for the Government of Singapore, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,…
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Ismail Kassim: PAP Leaders Must Ask Themselves If They Are Cowards

To all PAP leaders, watch the Hollywood classic High Noon and ask yourself: Am I a coward? A craven coward, A coward till my grave This is the refrain from the theme song. In this film, a sheriff played by…
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