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Outgoing President S R Nathan, who has been criticised for having done nothing of note during his 12 years of office, issued a passionate defence of his record in an interview with The Straits Times. President Nathan has been compared unfavourably with his predecessor, President Ong Teng Cheong, largely because the latter was... 

Dear Professor Thio Li-Ann, I refer to your 11 Aug 2011 Straits Times article. While Singapore' presidency is not an executive one, it is not a dumb one either. It can express its own opinion even if it can't execute them. The general principle that the president must act on the advice of the cabinet is confined to official... 

It could be said that the Presidential Elections Committee's (PEC) decision to give certificates of eligibility to four of the presidential hopefuls has come as a bit of surprise in terms of the timing and its liberal interpretation of the eligibility criteria. The four successful presidential hopefuls for the presidential election...