SINGAPORE — A President's ability to provide independent advice to the Prime Minister depends on their relationship and whether there is respect between them, presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Wednesday (Aug 23) evening.
He was speaking to the media before his first walkabout at the Housing and Development Board Hub in Toa Payoh, where he was asked to comment on rival candidate Tan Kin Lian's plans to use the President's “soft power” to influence policymaking through private conversations with government leaders.
At the doorstop, Mr Tharman also said that he puts up campaign posters across the island as a way to reach out to Singaporeans who may not have access to social media. Mr Tharman said that he and his team had spent a lot of time in the past month mobilising volunteers and preparing campaign materials.
“In fact, I had a range of proposals as to how we could make it most sustainable without, of course, busting our budget,” he said. He also uses environmentally friendly soy-based ink, and has prepared a recycling plan for papers and plastics used, such as by cutting up big plastic boards to be reused as smaller ones.
“Most of Singapore's not very different from Jurong, in terms of the warmth and friendliness of people,” he said, referring to his former ward where he served as Member of Parliament for 22 years, since the start of his political career.
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