Elected President and the Death Penalty
Do you know that since Lee Hsien Loong became the Prime Minister of Singapore in 2004, no death row prisoner has been granted clemency? This means that three presidents – Tony Tan, SR Nathan and Halimah Yacob have never been advised by the cabinet to grant any clemency. At least 80 people have been hanged since 2004. Between...
Are Singapore’s laws adequate to tackle drink driving
Today's commentary makes for an interesting discussion and I encourage fellow netizens to share their thoughts and experiences. I thank you all. Despite harsher punishments, according to the Traffic Police, drink driving violations and those that caused death and injury have all gone up over the past 3 years. I ask why despite...
The elected President’s role is not to check on the government
I agree with both Ho Ching and George Goh, the potential Elected Presidential candidate, that the elected President's role is not to check on the government. Reading the many daily postings online, it is unfortunate that too many netizens are swayed and even got carried away by the word 'Independent' and thus harbour confused,...
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