Businessman George Goh was unsuccessful in his application for a Certificate of Eligibility
Former GIC chief investment officer Ng Kok Song, former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and former presidential contender Tan Kin Lian have qualified as candidates for Singapore’s Presidential Election, the Elections Department announced on Friday .ELD received a total of six applications for the Certificate of Eligibility on Thursday . The applicants were not named then. The department also said that it received 16 community declarations at the close of applications.
The next step for Mr Tharman, Mr Ng and Mr Tan is to be nominated as candidates. They must deliver their nomination papers – along with the Certificate of Eligibility, community certificate and political donation certificate – on Nomination Day on Aug 22.“Mr Ng Kok Song applied under Article 19 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore . Based on the information available to the Committee, it is satisfied that Mr Ng is a man of integrity, good character and reputation.
3 Mr Shanmugaratnam Tharman applied under Article 19 of the Constitution. Based on the information available to the Committee, it is satisfied that Mr Tharman is a man of integrity, good character and reputation. The Committee is also satisfied that Mr Tharman has met the public sector service requirement under Article 19, having held office for a period of 3 or more years as Minister.
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