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Is it not obvious by now that the Familee is paying the President handsomely to do to its bidding and support its tyrannical and corrupt ways all this while with the Prataman the ultimate beneficiary? Hope that the 60% can wake up from its fraking idea and throw out its next puppet TT! Decisively! This will send a strong signal that Sporeans are not dumb!
No Constitutional requirement that President should be ‘dumb’ – Tan Kin Lian
Presidential hopeful Mr Tan Kin Lian has hit back at PAP Law Minister Shanmugam for his narrow ‘interpretation’ of the roles of the Elected President as according to the Constitution.
Shanmugam has earlier acknowledged tacitly that the President is nothing but an expensive ‘puppet’ of the PAP regime by proclaiming unashamedly “that all public acts by the president – including public speech – can only be made on the advice of the Cabinet, except for the powers specifically vested in the office.”
“The president cannot reject advice given by the Cabinet And he cannot engage in public debate with the government,” he said during a forum on the Presidency yesterday.
In a press statement released on his blog today, Mr Tan Kin Lian wrote that while he agree with the Law Minister Shanmugan on the duties of the President and how they are to be carried out, in so far as they are stated specifically and clearly in the Constitution, he disagree with his view that the President cannot speak about anything else without the approval of the Government.
“I find the Law Minister’s interpretation to be too narrow. It seemed to give the President less freedom of speech than an ordinary citizen of Singapore.”
Mr Tan Kin Lian added sarcastically that there is no provision in the Constitution which requires the President to be ‘dumb’:
“I have looked at the constitution earlier about whether the President can be the voice of the people to bring issues to the Government. I do not find any requirement that the President should be “dumb”. I have also received advice from a lawyer who looked at the constitution and he confirmed my understanding.”
He reiterated his commitment to be the ‘voice’ of Singaporeans:
“I also pledge to the people that I will bring up issues that are legitimate and affect large numbers of people. I will be “the voice of the people” in conveying these issues to the Government. I urge the Government to adopt a more open approach towards the issues of the people. There is no need to politicize these issues. If they are legitimate issues, let us adopt an open and constructive approach to solve them.”
In the meantime, the PAP-endorsed presidential hopeful Tony Tan continues to parrot the PAP’s official stance that the President cannot have ‘executive’ powers:
“The President is not a power centre, the President cannot have executive powers, but the President has knowledge and experience and he can share these with the government officials. And I know them every well – all the ministers – and maybe they will listen to me because I worked in this field for many years.”
Singaporeans should ponder seriously whether they want to pay $4.2 million dollars a year to a President to be their voice or to be the PAP’s voice.
No Constitutional requirement that President should be ‘dumb’ – Tan Kin Lian
Presidential hopeful Mr Tan Kin Lian has hit back at PAP Law Minister Shanmugam for his narrow ‘interpretation’ of the roles of the Elected President as according to the Constitution.
Shanmugam has earlier acknowledged tacitly that the President is nothing but an expensive ‘puppet’ of the PAP regime by proclaiming unashamedly “that all public acts by the president – including public speech – can only be made on the advice of the Cabinet, except for the powers specifically vested in the office.”
“The president cannot reject advice given by the Cabinet And he cannot engage in public debate with the government,” he said during a forum on the Presidency yesterday.
In a press statement released on his blog today, Mr Tan Kin Lian wrote that while he agree with the Law Minister Shanmugan on the duties of the President and how they are to be carried out, in so far as they are stated specifically and clearly in the Constitution, he disagree with his view that the President cannot speak about anything else without the approval of the Government.
“I find the Law Minister’s interpretation to be too narrow. It seemed to give the President less freedom of speech than an ordinary citizen of Singapore.”
Mr Tan Kin Lian added sarcastically that there is no provision in the Constitution which requires the President to be ‘dumb’:
“I have looked at the constitution earlier about whether the President can be the voice of the people to bring issues to the Government. I do not find any requirement that the President should be “dumb”. I have also received advice from a lawyer who looked at the constitution and he confirmed my understanding.”
He reiterated his commitment to be the ‘voice’ of Singaporeans:
“I also pledge to the people that I will bring up issues that are legitimate and affect large numbers of people. I will be “the voice of the people” in conveying these issues to the Government. I urge the Government to adopt a more open approach towards the issues of the people. There is no need to politicize these issues. If they are legitimate issues, let us adopt an open and constructive approach to solve them.”
In the meantime, the PAP-endorsed presidential hopeful Tony Tan continues to parrot the PAP’s official stance that the President cannot have ‘executive’ powers:
“The President is not a power centre, the President cannot have executive powers, but the President has knowledge and experience and he can share these with the government officials. And I know them every well – all the ministers – and maybe they will listen to me because I worked in this field for many years.”
Singaporeans should ponder seriously whether they want to pay $4.2 million dollars a year to a President to be their voice or to be the PAP’s voice.
