All posts tagged "presidency"
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772HeadlinesK Shanmugam Dances around Issues Raised by Dr Tan Cheng Bock, Says He “May be Bitter…”
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shamugam says Dr Tan Cheng Bock “may be bitter” and that’s why he embarked on “elaborate...
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The Public was Misled: The Key Issues Raised by WP’s Sylvia Lim on the Reserved Election Count
“Did the government all along make a policy decision itself to count from President Wee Kim Wee? Did the government merely use...
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Law Minister K Shanmugam Tries to Put Sylvia Lim in Her Place during Debate on Reserved Election Count
“The government has always been clear that when it comes to the counting, it is a policy matter for parliament to decide...
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PM Lee Candidly Repeats Need for Reserved Election, Receives Candid Responses Calling for His Head
Okay, we know that many Singaporeans (online, at least) are sore at the way recent “selected presidency” that was PE2017. Their main...
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Tan Cheng Bock Asks Supporters to Ask their PAP MPs to Account for “Selected Presidency” Fiasco
Dr Tan Cheng Bock has urged his supporters and the public at large who are angry at the “Selected Presidency” walkover in...
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PAP-Led Parliament Once Again Blocks WP from Raising Debate on Elected Presidency in Favour of “Green Space” Motion
The Workers’ Party just can’t seem to get a break when it comes debating the issue of this year’s elected presidency in...
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Blocked Once, The Workers’ Party to Re-Files Motion to Raise Reserved Election Issue in Parliament
The Workers’ Party has re-filed its motion in parliament regarding the reserved election. It hopes to discuss the issue, “Counting from President...
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Would You Pay S$460,000 to be a Neighbour of Singapore’s New President Halimah Yacob?
Less than a week has passed since she was sworn in, but one property agent is already taking advantage of new president...
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Lim Tean: Reserved Election Walkover was a “Massacre of Our Democracy” and Singaporeans Won’t Forget
“What happened over the last one and a half years and culminating on Wednesday and on Monday when the walkover was announced...
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Protest Against Reserved Presidential Election to Go Ahead on Saturday
The protest against this year’s reserved presidential election will go ahead tomorrow after police approved a permit for the event. Social-political activist...
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President Halimah Yacob Sworn-In, Welcomes Unpopular Reserved Election System
President Halimah Yacob was sworn-in this evening at a ceremony at the Istana. In her swearing-in speech, the 63-year-old welcomed the government’s...
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“Selected” President Will Cost PAP Votes Come the Next General Election
The public votes, and their vote is reliant on perception. Come the next General Election (likely 2020), the PAP will likely drop...
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President-Elect Halimah Yacob Shuns Istana for Jumbo Flat in Siao Lang Town
President-Elect Halimah Yacob lives in a jumbo flat, a 4-rm and 5-rm flat combined, in siao lang town aka Yishun. And the...
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Halimah Yacob Declared President-Elect, Singapore Set to Appoint First Ever Female President
A milestone today as former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob was declared president-elect. She will be sworn in as Singapore’s 8th President...
