SINGAPORE, March 4 — Lee Hsien Yang declared yesterday (March 3) that he is considering running for the Elected Presidency, but lawyers said that earlier court findings of...
SINGAPORE, March 4 — Lee Hsien Yang declared yesterday that he is considering running for the Elected Presidency, but lawyers said that earlier court findings of him and his wife having lied under oath in judicial proceedings could result in him failing to meet the criteria of being a candidate.
“A lot of people have come to me. They really want me to run. It’s something I would consider,” he added.Lee Hsien Yang’s comments came a day after the government revealed that as part of their investigations, the police had requested an interview with him and his wife, lawyer Lee Suet Fern. Vadaketh said in his post that Lee Hsien Yang was one of the few non-establishment figures who could meet the stringent eligibility criteria for presidency and possibly contest against a PAP-approved candidate.
A potential candidate must also satisfy the committee that he or she is a person of “integrity, good character and reputation” to qualify. On this, Associate Professor Eugene Tan, a law lecturer in the Singapore Management University , said: “Lying on oath is a very serious matter and injurious to one’s standing, especially when one is considering running for high office.”
This is especially so because giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding, obstruction of justice and making false allegations are very serious allegations made, the lawyer added. Under Section 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a police officer is empowered to issue a written order to a person within the limits of Singapore “who appears to be acquainted with any of the facts and circumstances of the case, to attend before him”.
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