![The Prospects of the Presidential Election](https://www.tremeritus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Singapore-President-Crest2.gif?8815ca)
The Prospects of the Presidential Election
It could be said that the Presidential Elections Committee's (PEC) decision to give certificates of eligibility to four of the presidential hopefuls has come as a bit of surprise in terms of the timing and its liberal interpretation of the eligibility criteria. The four successful presidential hopefuls for the presidential election...
![A Referendum on the Ministerial Pay](https://www.tremeritus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/voting-box.jpg?8815ca)
A Referendum on the Ministerial Pay
There is a general trend of opinion that the Special Committee appointed by PM Lee Hsien Loong to review ministerial salaries may not meet the people's desire for a meaningful cut of the whopping ministers' pay. The composition of the Committee does not exude the kind of confidence that it will really go to the root of the problem...
![The Fallacy of the GRCs](https://www.tremeritus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/GRC.jpg?8815ca)
The Fallacy of the GRCs
GRCs were introduced ostensibly for the so-called important reason to ensure Parliament will have a minimum number of minority MPs. According to PM Lee Hsien Loong: We are a multiracial, multi-religious society. If we don't have GRCs, our multiracial, multi-religious Parliament will be under threat. All very gallant and idealistic...
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