Senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has announced that he intends to run for the presidency within the next three months. What exactly is the role of the President, why are the standards so high in Singapore, and what do voters want from candidates in an open election? Steven Chia gets answers from Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University, Felix Tan, Associate Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, and Nur Ridhuan, a business analyst who will be voting for the first time.
Senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has announced that he intends to run for the presidency within the next three months. What exactly is the role of the President, why are the standards so high in Singapore, and what do voters want from candidates in an open election? Steven Chia gets answers from Eugene Tan, Associate Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University, Felix Tan, Associate Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, and Nur Ridhuan, a business analyst who will be voting for the first time.










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