A Presidential Election contest between a candidate who has links to the ruling party and one who does not will be win-win for all in Singapore, says former veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang.
The media have started speculating who might throw his or her hat into the ring. As expected, the names being mentioned are the usual suspects of eligible ex-ministers including Lim Boon Heng, Khaw Boon Wan and George Yeo, and the usual list of popular personalities such as Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh .
The Constitution states that a presidential candidate cannot be a member of a political party but is otherwise silent on his past political associations. If he is right, and I think he probably is, Singapore will never see a presidential candidate who acts independently of the ruling party. It might not have been a problem in the past when the PAP was unchallenged electorally and able to count close to 70 per cent of the popular votes in general elections .
This was most evident in the last election in 2017 which was reserved for Malay candidates, a new requirement introduced by the government to ensure minority representation at the highest level.
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