'The quirky requirement to read out an entire section of law to the person taking the oath has been abolished for presidential elections.' — Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Singaporean lawyer and politician
"The quirky requirement to read out an entire section of law to the person taking the oath has been abolished for presidential elections." — Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss, Singaporean lawyer and politicianBack in March 2023, I wrote about my beef with the way the oath of secrecy for“I, the abovenamed person, swear that I will not at this election do anything forbidden by section 36 of the Presidential Elections Act which has been read to me.
On 21 February 2023, I raised the anachronism to the Elections Department in a long explanatory note. I proposed three changes to be made to the form of the oath of secrecy for both parliamentary and presidential elections: