SINGAPORE: Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Friday (Aug 11) that he would welcome “any number of corners” should there be a contest in the 2023 Presidential Election. Speaking to reporters after an event at LASALLE College of the Arts to launch centenary celebrations of the college
Mr Tan, who finished last in the 2011 Presidential Election, held a press conference on Friday to formally launch his second bid for the presidency. He believes that he will be the"only candidate from outside the establishment".
A former People's Action Party member, Mr Tan said the party today is "more towards the elite and not towards the ordinary people". One of his supporters asserted that Mr Tharman's proposer, seconder and assenters"represent the elites – the establishment, big institutions, chambers of commerce".
His seconder is Mr Mohammad Alami Musa, Singapore’s ambassador to Algeria and head of studies in inter-religious relations at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Mr Mohammad was also president of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore from 2003 to 2021.
Among his eight assenters are filmmaker Royston Tan, businessman Ho KwonPing, general manager of Tasek Jurong Kamsinah Sadar, ceramicist Kim Whye Kee, founder of Greenology Veera Sekaran and former head of civil service Lim Siong Guan. "One of them is an ex-inmate, one of them has been in a social service organisation, activist on the ground for many years. It's actually quite a varied group of people, one has been ... involved with the environment for many years, starting from working in NParks and then moving on to becoming a pioneer in the greening of our surroundings," Mr Tharman said.He added:"Let's not try to cast very simple aspersions on any candidates.
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