he has only say in the use of the reserves...not the money that the govt have... and even tat...the govt can veto and reverse the decision of the presidentOriginally posted by weidev:he decides who gets to spend the money in Singapore... if there is no President... the ministers will fight over the money... so we have to have a President to decide who gets hw much of money to spend... Also... the President represents the country overseas... the Cabinet represents the people of Singapore... the President represents the country...
juz my 2cents worth...

huh really ah? onli reserves ah? haha... i tot all the money...lolz..Originally posted by sgboy2004:he has only say in the use of the reserves...not the money that the govt have... and even tat...the govt can veto and reverse the decision of the president
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haha ya croco are right... he can only got abit show on the reserves.. but like our last president MR Ong.. he suggest to used the reserves and u see what happened to him next???Originally posted by weidev:huh really ah? onli reserves ah? haha... i tot all the money...lolz..
to me, the president is like some sort of puppet.Originally posted by edwinSSM:I'v been wondering all my life: what's the point of having a president in Singapore when he hardly ever get any action? Isn't that wasting our nation's resources to pay him his salary?
Correct me if i'm wrong. But what exactly does the president do?
hmm.... do you think mr president wouldn't agree to whatever LKY or LHL propose?Originally posted by socrates:Legally speaking the president really seems to have little power and a lot of power at the same time... From somewhere I read, they say the president can only act on the recommendation by the Prime Minister. That means if the prime minister never suggest anything or recommend anything, the president cannot do anything. But again if the president don't give their approval to the recommendations, the decision have to go to the cabinet or something, making it more troublesome lah. I guess the kind of decisions that need president approval is probably about going to war or using up the reserves... I am not very clear about this![]()
what happened to ong?? i was too young to remmeberOriginally posted by I-like-flings(m):haha ya croco are right... he can only got abit show on the reserves.. but like our last president MR Ong.. he suggest to used the reserves and u see what happened to him next???
for a republic country, the power is with the PM and his MP, president only for show only lah..show face here show face there..![]()
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officially: due to his health, not recommended for advice to be president again.Originally posted by oldbreadstinks:what happened to ong?? i was too young to remmeber![]()