Mr Yee then mentioned the oft-quoted maxim that great powers come great responsibility, but in Mr Tharman’s case and given the nature of the presidency in Singapore, “With great expectations come great responsibilities.”
Yee Jenn Jong weighed in quite a bit on this year’s presidential electionsSingaporeans trooped to the polls last Friday and elected former Deputy Prime Minster Tharman Shanmugaratnam by an overwhelming majority, giving him over 70 per cent of the vote. Mr Yee wrote, “
He noted that Mr Tharman could have faced “the burden of protest votes against the establishment from the middle ground in a contest with far lower stakes than a GE, but it hardly happened.” “Tharman is simply, Tharman. Unstoppable, untouchable, just simply popular. It is hard to replicate. It is almost like watching a new Marvel superhero character being introduced. His competitors basically split the opposition votes and drew few support from the middle ground. All the scandals and protests aimed at the establishment for its perceived manipulation of the institution just got deflected like dirt on Teflon. Nothing sticks.
Based on his own interactions with him during Mr Yee’s time as an NCMP, he wrote that Mr Tharman “had always acted graciously and generously.”
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