Only SR Nathan qualifies for Singapore Presidential Election
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/163002/1/.html
Andrew Kuan had taught me a lesson, I will never qualify for any of our future presidential election.
As for Mr Andrew Kuan, the former Group Chief Financial Officer of JTC, it was the Committee's assessment that the seniority and responsibility of that position was not comparable to those needed for the office either.As for Mr Andrew Kuan, the former Group Chief Financial Officer of JTC,
the Committee assessed the seniority and responsibility of that position as
being not comparable to those mentioned in the Constitution and he therefore
could not have the experience and ability in administering and managing
financial affairs as to effectively discharge the functions and duties of the
office of President.(2) A person shall be qualified to be elected as President if he —
(a) is a citizen of Singapore;
(b) is not less than 45 years of age;
(c) possesses the qualifications specified in Article 44 (2) (c) and (d);
(d) is not subject to any of the disqualifications specified in Article 45;
(e) satisfies the Presidential Elections Committee that he is a person of integrity, good character and reputation;
(f) is not a member of any political party on the date of his nomination for election; and
(g) has for a period of not less than 3 years held office —
Qualifications for membership of Parliament
44. —(1) Members of Parliament shall be persons qualified for election or for appointment in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and elected in the manner provided by or under any law for the time being in force in Singapore or appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule.
(2) A person shall be qualified to be elected or appointed as a Member of Parliament if —
(a) he is a citizen of Singapore;
(b) he is of the age of 21 years or above on the day of nomination;
(c) his name appears in a current register of electors;
(d) he is resident in Singapore at the date of his nomination for election and has been so resident for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than 10 years prior to that date;
(e) he is able, with a degree of proficiency sufficient to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament, to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read and write at least one of the following languages, that is to say, English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil; and
(f) he is not disqualified from being a Member of Parliament under Article 45.
(3) Any question whether any person possesses the qualifications mentioned in clause (2) (e) shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law for the time being in force in Singapore or, in so far as not so prescribed, as may be provided by order made by the President and published in the Gazette.
Disqualifications for membership of Parliament
45. —(1) Subject to this Article, a person shall not be qualified to be a Member of Parliament who —
(a) is and has been found or declared to be of unsound mind;
(b) is an undischarged bankrupt;
(c) holds an office of profit;
(d) having been nominated for election to Parliament or the office of President or having acted as election agent to a person so nominated, has failed to lodge any return of election expenses required by law within the time and in the manner so required;
(e) has been convicted of an offence by a court of law in Singapore or Malaysia and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than $2,000 and has not received a free pardon:
Provided that where the conviction is by a court of law in Malaysia, the person shall not be so disqualified unless the offence is also one which, had it been committed in Singapore, would have been punishable by a court of law in Singapore;
(f) has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of, or exercised rights of citizenship in, a foreign country or has made a declaration of allegiance to a foreign country; or
(g) is disqualified under any law relating to offences in connection with elections to Parliament or the office of President by reason of having been convicted of such an offence or having in proceedings relating to such an election been proved guilty of an act constituting such an offence.
(2) The disqualification of a person under clause (1) (d) or (e) may be removed by the President and shall, if not so removed, cease at the end of 5 years beginning from the date on which the return mentioned in clause (1) (d) was required to be lodged or, as the case may be, the date on which the person convicted as mentioned in clause (1) (e) was released from custody or the date on which the fine mentioned in clause (1) (e) was imposed on such person; and a person shall not be disqualified under clause (1) (f) by reason only of anything done by him before he became a citizen of Singapore.
(3) In clause (1) (f), “foreign country” does not include any part of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. -
i'm the FIRST!!!!!
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Choosing between Nathn and the rest is not difficult nor is it the main issue at this president "election" or any future elections.
The real issue is: with all the gerrymandering and manipulations of the type happening here do we still call an election election. Is our system allowing us to throw up the best and the most capable leaders to run our country.
Is there such a thing called voting or election now? Are citizens able to vote for whoever we can get from our small population or limiting our choices only to a few pre-chosen by the power that be. Are the few available objective and capable candidates not being impeded to come forward to serve the country.
It seems like every potential candidates will have to be chosen by the power that be to stand for election to formalise some pre-determined backroom choices.
Citizens have to accept whoever put up by the power. Do we call such choices elected representatives? -
Eh, only MBT or Goblin can decide. This forum is their playground.Originally posted by FireIce:cont discussion here
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=147478
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Mods here reflect Singapore society: no democracy allowed.....
they are better called Dictators, not mods......
Shame......shame.........Heil dictators......hail emperors.....Heil mods..... -
Originally posted by idwar:Mods here reflect Singapore society: no democracy allowed.....
they are better called Dictators, not mods......
Shame......shame.........Heil dictators......hail emperors.....Heil mods.....