Being an 'independent candidate' has been a hot topic as Singapore gears up for the upcoming presidential election. In a press conference at the York Hotel on Wednesday (July 26) to launch his presidential campaign, Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that he does not blame any hopefuls for emphasising about 'being independent' from a political party. 'I think they're doing it to...
Being an "independent candidate" has been a hot topic as Singapore gears up for the upcoming presidential election.
Citing former president Ong Teng Cheong — who was deputy prime minister before he stepped down — as an example, he said: "I have no regrets at all of having been in the PAP and serving as a politician for 22 years, both in the Cabinet as well as on the ground. I have... no regrets being part of the team."
Mary Liew, president of the National Trades Union CongressLim Siong Guan, former group president of GIC and former head of the civil serviceProfessor Veera Sekaran, professor in practice at the National University of Singapore.
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