Who to vote for in my first Singapore Presidential Election?

For the first time in my life, I will have the chance to vote during Singapore’s Presidential Election.

Although Singapore had 4 elected presidents and this coming election is for the 5th president, there were only two elections being held.

The first election was in 1993 and the president elected was Ong Teng Cheong with 58.69% of the votes from 952,513 voters, while the second election was in 2011 and the president elected was Tony Tan Keng Yam with 35.20% of the votes from 745,693 voters.

I was underage during the previous election, so two days later I'm finally going to vote for the first time in my life.

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Among the 4 presidents, 2 were elected by Singaporeans and the other 2 were walkovers.

Singapore has been ruled by the same political party since independence.

Walkovers means other candidates were disqualified such as during the previous election where people from the Chinese community were disqualified from standing for election.

If an Indian can stand for General Election, then become a Malay during Presidential Election, why can’t a Chinese do the same?

Because the Singapore election department practice racism?

Or stereotype? Or double standards? Or preferences?

Or is the entire thing a facade to begin with?

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Only three people were given the certificate of eligibility:

Ng Kok Song born on 11 Feb 1948

Tharman Shanmugaratnam born on 25 Feb 1957

Tan Kin Lian born on 9 Mar 1948

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All of them are from my grandparents’ generation as the law disqualifies people below the age of 45 to run for the presidency, the law also disqualifies people below the age of 21 to vote in an election, which explains why I didn’t get the chance to vote in the previous election.

Why then does the law allow people who are 18 to serve in the military to hold a gun or throw a grenade?

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So what can the president do?

Since 1991, the President is empowered to veto government budgets and key public appointments if there are reasons to do so.

The president can veto appointments to key public offices, including the chief justice and the judges of the Supreme Court; the chief of defence force and the service chiefs of the Singapore Armed Forces; the commissioner of police; the attorney-general; the director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), and the chairman and members of the public, judicial and legal service commissions.

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New High Court judge Dedar Singh Gill was sworn in by President Halimah Yacob at the Istana on 3 Aug 2020.

President Halimah Yacob, who was from the ruling political party, did not veto against Dedar Singh Gill.

President Halimah Yacob, who was from the ruling political party, did not veto against the attorney general.

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Because of President Halimah Yacob, the attorney general sent me legal letters where Dedar Singh Gill wants me to raise SGD$22,504.90 on behalf of Singaporeans Sng Su Hui, Yeo Sheau Yuen, Lim Beng Kwang, Lawrence Simon Anthony and Muhammad Faizal Mustafa (4k each)

Because of President Halimah Yacob, the attorney general politically persecuted me when I was 1 month postpartum and tandem nursing three babies.

Because of President Halimah Yacob, the attorney general summoned me to court for 4 days (25 Jan, 22 Feb, 5 Apr and 17 May) in 2023 alone.

Does politically persecuting me improve the lives of Singaporeans?

Does wasting taxpayers' money on political persecution bring Singapore to greater heights?

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As of 30 Aug 2023,

Singapore Attorney General's Chambers has collected $11,730.00

Additional amount raised is $865.00

There is still a shortfall of $9,909.90

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Ng Kok Song born on 11 Feb 1948 has no posters or banners.

He does not have the manpower to do so, Mr Ng said. Besides, his strategy hinges on social media, and it is greener to not have physical posters or banners, he added.

Mr Ng, 75, has been spending time on Instagram and TikTok to reach younger voters, especially those in their 20s who are voting in a presidential election for the first time.

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no-posters-or-banners-for-presidential-candidate-ng-kok-song-whose-focus-is-social-media-campaign

Tan Kin Lian born on 9 Mar 1948 shifts campaign strategy from walkabouts to focus on reaching residents with fliers

The plan is to hand out around 30,000 fliers to residents in the west on Tuesday, before tackling other regions on Wednesday, said Mr Yeo. He added that Mr Tan’s team had printed around 150,000 fliers earlier in the week, which cost just under $15,000.

“We are trying to reach the middle ground: We’ve done podcasts for the younger audiences, hawker centres for the older people,” said Mr Yeo. “The fliers are for people who are not on social media.”

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/tan-kin-lian-shifts-campaign-strategy-from-walkabouts-to-focus-on-reaching-residents-with-fliers

Tharman Shanmugaratnam born on 25 Feb 1957 has posters and banners throughout the whole of Singapore.

Mr Tharman explained the need for physical banners and posters: “The reality is that many people don’t have access to social media. We wanted to show that the presidential elections are important.”

“Posters are necessary in our electoral landscape, and I don’t want the presidential elections to seem unimportant. I do want to reach out to everyone in our heartlands, and we have put great effort into mobilising volunteers,” he added.

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/respect-between-president-and-prime-minister-enables-independent-advice-to-be-taken-seriously-tharman

Ng Kok Song has no posters and banners, will he be able to reach out to people who are not on social media?

Tan Kin Lian printed 150,000 flyers and what percentage of the electorate is that?

Tharman Shanmugaratnam has a whole team of people; he and the current president of Singapore has one thing in common.

No, they are not both Indians, one is Indian turned Malay.

Yes, they are both from the ruling political party.

It takes time to receive the certificate of eligibility.

It takes time to receive the confirmation of nomination.

It takes time to submit the posters and banners design.

It takes time to receive the approval of posters and banners design.

It takes time to receive the stickers for the posters and banners.

It takes time to print the posters and banners design.

It takes time to stick the stickers the election department gave to the posters and banners ONE BY ONE.

Isn’t it amazing how Tharman Shanmugaratnam can magically do all these at the same moment he was giving his nomination speech?

Even if the posters and banners were printed way beforehand, who managed to get the stickers that each have a different unique number and stick them up on the posters and banners?

Ng Kok Song was approved under article 19 3c for serving a period of 3 or more years in an office in the public sector.

He was Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Chief Investment Officer and used to oversee the foreign exchange market operations at the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was approved under article 19 3a for holding office for a period of 3 or more years as Minister.

He was ruling political party MP since 2001 and the finance minister who implemented the GST increase from 5% to 7% as well as voted to increase it to 9% before running for Singapore’s presidential election.

Tan Kin Lian was approved under article 19 4b for serving for a period of 3 or more years in an office in a private sector organisation.

He was NTUC Income’s chief executive officer between 1977 and 2007, where things were still affordable back then.

All of them claim to be independent, this is due to the law stating that the president has got to be non-partisan.

Who should I vote for in my first Singapore Presidential Election?

Singapore was once invaded by the Japanese.

Who should I vote for in my first Singapore Presidential Election?

CPF monies are invested by the CPF Board (CPFB) in Special Singapore Government Securities (SSGS).

The funds are invested by the Government’s fund manager, GIC, for long-term returns.

GIC earned 6.9% over a 20-year period but is only returning 2.5% to Singaporeans.

Who should I vote for in my first Singapore Presidential Election?

A president who will speak on issues or a puppet who waves on national day?