9-member panel Set Up to Review Elected Presidency

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11 February 2016

The nine-member Constitutional Commission to review and make recommendations on certain aspects of the Elected Presidency, as announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last month, was unveiled today (Feb 10).

Announcing the slate of members in a press release today, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) also spelt out the terms of reference for the commission, whose scope includes the eligibility criteria for presidential candidacy, safeguarding minority representation in the presidency, and the framework governing the exercise of the President’s custodial powers.

Sitting on the commission, chaired by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, are Supreme Court Judge Justice Tay Yong Kwang, Public Service Commission chairman Eddie Teo, Presidential Council for Minority Rights member Abdullah Tarmugi, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities chairman Chan Heng Chee, Ho Bee Land Limited chairman and CEO Chua Thian Poh, Far East Organisation CEO Philip Ng, DBS Bank chairman Peter Seah, and Venture Corporation Limited chairman and CEO Wong Ngit Liong.

… Dr Alan Chong from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies said putting on paper the need to consider to multiracial representation was welcome. When the Elected Presidency was first established, this was a consideration in the “background”, “but now it’s in the foreground”, he said.

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