If amendment to presidential election is to showcase commitment to minority representation, then why not a minority candidate for scholarships?
The Singapore government has always maintained that minority interests and racial harmony are of utmost important. It is this justification that the government has used in changing the criteria for the elected presidency and reserving the position for minority representation. While that reason has been vigorously criticised...
The beginning erosion of the Gov’t and the President’s moral authority
“[Political leaders] must, at all times, maintain integrity and moral authority to inspire and to rally the people. Once the moral authority is lost, the whole credibility is also lost.” Those were the words of Mr Chiam See Tong, during a parliamentary debate in 2007. Today, perhaps more than ever, Singaporeans question...
Are our political leaders seduced by their own hype, becoming numb to criticism and to the ails and concerns of the people?
It certainly looks that way. They turn a deaf ear and stand their ground. Whatever the concerns, whatever the disquiet, of which there is a whole laundry list, our political leaders seem like they couldn’t care less. We have to ask the question, is it because they have given in to their own hype and become too thick-skinned...
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