SINGAPORE, June 9 — Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a “formidable” candidate in the upcoming presidential election, but this will not heighten the chances of a...
SINGAPORE, June 9 — Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is a “formidable” candidate in the upcoming presidential election, but this will not heighten the chances of a walkover, said political observers on Thursday .
On Thursday afternoon, Tharman announced that he will be running as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election, which is due to be held by Sept 13 this year. Tharman may be the one candidate for which Singaporeans can unanimously support for an uncontested election, she said. Tharman has held high profile posts at various international organisations including the International Monetary Fund , where he chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee — the key policy forum of the IMF — for four years.
Associate Professor Eugene Tan, a law lecturer from the Singapore Management University, said that Tharman’s candidacy might “well trigger non-establishment hopefuls”, especially from the private sector, to consider running as well. Said Felix: “I think that we would like to see more competition. I think very few would want to see yet another...walkover in the presidential election.”Political analysts believed that Tharman’s ethnicity will not be a factor in the election.“What has not been mentioned is that the preference kicks in all things being equal.”
However, the analysts were mixed in their views on what Tharman’s candidacy will mean for the reserved election mechanism if he does win.
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