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Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Why Tharman is Not Fit to be President

I was greeted this morning, by the carefully choreographed news that Tharman will be resigning from his Ministerial post and from the PAP in order to run for President. This was a mild surprise as I had expected LHL to foist his wife on Singaporeans and that this is why she had resigned as CEO of Temasek to head up its charitable...

Is that what we want for an Elected President?

Tharman will become a Lame Duck President eventually, regardless whether there is a contest or not. This is No Elected President but just Selected Presidency. The selection is already done by PAP appointed President Selection Committee. George Goh claims he is "Independent" but we know PAP Govt won't anyhow appointment ambassador...

The problem is not who gets the job – its the job

The big news in Singapore is that our Senior Minister, Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam (“Mr. Tharman”) has resigned from the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and the Cabinet in order to run for President. Given that Mr. Tharman has been one of the most prominent members of the government, it seems all but assured that he...

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