Former presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to dismiss his legal challenge on the timing for the reserved presidential election will be heard on July 31. In a Facebook post on Sunday (July 23), Dr…
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The High Court reserved its judgement on Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s constitutional challenge against the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) over the timing for the reserved presidential election, after a 3.5 hour closed-door hearing on Thursday (June 29). Justice Quentin Loh is expected to deliver…
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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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COURT APPLICATION ACCEPTED I would like to announce that this morning, the High Court accepted my application (HC/OS 495/2017), which seeks the Court’s determination on whether a piece of legislation (section 22 Presidential Elections (Amendment) Act 6 of 2017 which…
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Of all our presidents, I remember Wee Kim Wee the fondest. Maybe that is because he looked a little like my late father. In my mind, Wee Kim Wee was a great president. I remember seeing him on tv and…
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