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RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - p1acebo - 29-05-2023
(29-05-2023, 04:54 PM)sgh Wrote: Will it be an Eurasian to fulfill when they say need to reserve for other races so all get a chance to sit on the throne?
Possible. That will rule Ah Bock out
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - A2Z - 29-05-2023
If she stands again sure get zero votes, no more walk over!
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - Alice Alicia - 29-05-2023
She can't stand being manipulated like a maid by Pinky and ho jinx.
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - p1acebo - 29-05-2023
(29-05-2023, 08:44 PM)A2Z Wrote: If she stands again sure get zero votes, no more walk over!
The powers that be have determined that the opposing contender(s) will be stronger than the walkover incumbent and she will likely lose in the upcoming PE, sibei malu so that's why need to bow out gracefully first
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - hansamu - 29-05-2023
CNA news got so many people to praise her sky high .
Goodness.
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - Bluebull - 29-05-2023
Let me be clear
This is a clear sign that all is not well
Otherwise, why she doesn’t want to continue
It’s not like she needs to carry heavy loads
Or even need to think very hard everyday what to do
I think she already knew something is going wrong
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - watchfirst9 - 29-05-2023
(29-05-2023, 03:47 PM)Manthink Wrote: ...and she left a very controversial presidency in SG history.
A formerly "Indian Muslim" re-labelled re-brand as Malay...
She is 50 50 mixed, should not have represented as solely a Indian or Malay.
Goh C T also said is v controversial.
She should represent female, then no one can say anything.
But things cannot go back.
We will see who is next.
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - Scythian - 04-06-2023
(29-05-2023, 02:52 PM)forum456 Wrote: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/presidential-election-2023-halimah-yacob-not-standing-re-election-3522741
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"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing...."
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - p1acebo - 04-06-2023
Politics: Halamak
Halimah Yacob, Singapore’s president, will not be running for a second term—the election must be called by September 13th—despite acknowledging that it’s been an honour and privilege to have served. “The president has significant constitutional, ceremonial, and community-related duties, and holds the second key to our reserves, and to key appointments in the public service,” she also said, in a rebuff to persistent suggestions that the office is limp.
The 68-year-old decided against it without giving any reason. It’s unlikely to be health or age—her immediate predecessors, Tony Tan (then 71) and SR Nathan (75), were older when they began their terms. Not performance either—officials, analysts and the public have lauded her as she pushed forward on her primary aim, “to help create a more caring and compassionate society.”
The announcement will fuel speculation that she has been sidelined by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) elders, who apparently don’t trust her to win the votes of Singaporeans (especially, in their racially-charged worldview, if she faces a Chinese male).
PAP heavy-weights passing through the rumour mill include Lim Boon Heng and Khaw Boon Wan, former ministers, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, senior minister.
Halimah’s ascent to power in 2017 was controversial for numerous reasons, including the fact that the government changed the Constitution to limit it to Malays—something positioned as representation but what many perceived to be a manoeuvre to rule out Tan Cheng Bock, a former PAP MP who’s switched sides.
Halimah won in a walkover, after the government declared that no other person qualified (a possibility this year too). “History might remember her as Singapore’s first female president or the first head of state to live in public housing when she initially assumed office,” said The Straits Times.
Well, that’s the PAP’s version: more fantasy than history. The people will remember how she was seemingly installed by her party—and then just as quickly discarded.
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - p1acebo - 04-06-2023
JOM is not friendly towards Madame Halimah
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - hansamu - 04-06-2023
Good riddance....Lol
RE: President Halimah Yacob will not stand for re-election in 2023 poll - Lukongsimi - 04-06-2023
Can retire Liao