Back to square one, the only unifying Singapore President is a non-contested and Parliament appointed President
Yes. Perhaps, the Workers’ Party is right. Perhaps, JBJ was right when he opposed the Elected President proposal. The power of checks and balances should go back to the Parliament and there is no point of continued debating the role of the Elected President. The more debates on the role of EP, the more political the post of EP will be. The New Parliament will be sitting in October. The PAP government should seriously consider abolishing the EP and go back to the original ceremonial role of the President. Both the government and President Tony Tan have hinted that there will be some changes as regards to the role of the EP. Why don’t take this opportunity to abolish the EP and return the power of the EP back to the Parliament? We only know the good points of the PAP government, for example economic growth and in fact, they have made policy mistakes too. EP was one of them that not only it has failed to unite the people but divide the people further. EP is creat...