MYT By-Election: Goh’s 1987 Statements About GRCs Contradict Constitution
“No by-election will be held to fill any vacancy unless all three members of that GRC have vacated their seats in Parliament,” then DPM Goh Chok Tong said when he introduced the GRC system in 1987. “This is to ensure that no Member who has been elected under a GRC will be forced to vacate his seat through the departure...
Court Challenge: Constitution Says that PM Must Call for By-Election when Seat is Vacated
“Whenever the seat of a Member, not being a non-constituency Member, has become vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the vacancy shall be filled by election...” (emphasis added) This is Article 49(1) of the Singapore Constitution which forms the basis of Dr Wong Souk Yee's argument in her application...
Dr Chee: A wasted prime ministership
PM Lee SO THE CABINET is in the throes of choosing a new leader. But who becomes the next prime minister should not be as important as whether he (or she) has the gumption to lead this country in a new direction for the current one that we're on is taking us nowhere – and fast. The winding up of Mr Lee Hsien Loong's prime...
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