Candidates who wish to contest in the upcoming Presidential Election, which is open to all races, can apply to enter the race from Tuesday. Applications will close on the fifth day after the Writ of Election is issued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Those who qualify...
Applicants relying on their private sector background, for instance, must have led a company with at least $500 million in shareholders’ equity for the latest three years they helmed it.
Heading the Community Committee is Mr Edward D’Silva, a member of the Public Service Commission. There are Chinese, Malay, and Indian and other minority sub-committees, each with its own chairman and four other members.Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam isMr Tharman said on June 8 that he plans to resign from the People’s Action Party, and step down from his posts as senior minister and coordinating minister for social policies on July 7.
One requirement for Presidential candidates is that they are not a member of any political party on the date of their nomination for election.
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