Mr Tharman could become the fourth ex-PAP minister and the third Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) to be elected as President out of the five presidencies to be directly elected by the people, since Ong Teng Cheong.
SINGAPORE: While Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s decision to contest the 2023 presidential election has generated a mix of anticipation and excitement across the country, concerns have arisen about the ties between the ruling People’s Action Party and the independent role of the President.
Former civil servant and opposition politician Tan Jee Say has said that it was founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew himself who placed Mr Nathan at Straits Times, as he was allegedly unhappy with the way the national broadsheet had covered the Anson by-election, which saw the PAP’s very first election defeat at the hands of J.B. Jeyaratnam.
Mr Tan himself said that “Witnessing Singapore’s first Olympic gold win was one of the highlights of my presidency,” when asked to reflect on his six years at the Istana, leading some to question whether the role of the president has become a “retirement job,” given the limited scope of the president’s authority.
Mdm Halimah left a vacancy in her Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency when she retired from politics to contest the presidential race – a move Mr Tharman is set to mirror, leaving a vacancy at Jurong GRC.
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