[moonrab]

On what basis and ground that you say TKL wants to govern Sinkiepoor?

You are purposely and deliberately refusing to listen clearly his message, just like Bigiron

He did not say nor give empty promises

Why are you guys having this hallucination??

I think it is deliberate to smear his credibility

Ok, so listen here clearly -----> TKL says when he is elected, he will serve as a direct conduit to the Ministers and PM during their weekly or bi-weekly meetups and carry his suggestions from the general public, having gone through his study and analysis and possible solution, and let the cabinet knows and they will listen to him as he is the PRESIDENT!

Even the auntie and that provision shop boss know what TKL is saying and IAM uncomfortably surprised that someone like you who can write proper Egnlsih, doesn't have good listening ears!

Enuff said!

No, not enough said inorder to smokes the screen for Singaporean voters. Uncles and Aunties. 
We are not so gullible as you wishes to imagine.

Tan Kim Lian is deliberately "Over Selling" the Roles of Singapore President to the public.
Which need to be arrested for commoners to know what he can and cannot do as a President. 
And his giving empty promises to voters.

"TKL added that he would use the office to "find alternative solutions to bring down the cost of living, ensure affordable housing for all, and secure stable jobs with a path to progress"
Even shortening NS conscription to 1 year.

These actions directly involved with the governance of Singapore, policies debated and voted in past Parliamentary sessions. 

TAN'S SUGGESTIONS NOT IN LINE WITH PRESIDENT'S ROLE : ANALYSTS

Speaking to TODAY, political analysts said that many of Mr Tan's claims on what he could do should he be elected are incongruent with the President's powers under the Constitution.

On Mr Tan's claims that he can leverage the President's powers to find solutions to issues such as cost of living, affordable housing and job security, Dr Felix Tan, a political analyst at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), said that the elected President in fact has no such powers.

"The President doesn’t have that sort of purview over changing of policy for two reasons: Firstly, policies are made at the parliamentary or government level, and not at the presidential level.

"Secondly, as the president he is also constrained by the (Council of Presidential Advisers), so (the exercising of his powers) has to be made in consultation with the advisers," said Dr Tan.

"He can't change policies as that is not the purview of responsibility of the President."

As for whether he can influence ministers in their decision-making processes, Dr Tan added that this is also highly unlikely.

Said Dr Tan: "He can probably... speak to individual ministers, to (try to) change policy, (but) the ministers listen to the Prime Minister and also to the party leadership."

Agreeing, Singapore Management University Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan said that ministers have no obligation to listen to an elected President and put his suggestions into action, because the President does not have the duty nor the power to influence the elected Government in its decision making processes.

Instead, the President's two main roles are to protect the integrity of the public sector, and also the country's past reserves.

Assoc Prof Tan also disagreed with Mr Tan's claim that he can use his limited veto powers to "ensure that government policies align with my vision and goals".

"The presidency cannot be said to have any particular vision or goals, because he cannot implement policy, he cannot change laws, he cannot introduce laws, so there cannot be any vision," said Assoc Prof Tan.

He added that Mr Tan's apparent lack of understanding of what the role of the presidency entails can suggest one of two things.

"It either conveys an ignorance of the president's role, duty and power, or it is a deliberate misrepresentation of what the president can do," he said.

"For someone who is perhaps thinking of making a second bid for the presidency, I take the view that Mr Tan must do better in terms of stating what he plans to do if he is elected."

Dr Gillian Koh, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, said that Mr Tan's claims can have negative consequences if voters are misled by them.

"The public should also itself be aware of the power of the elected presidency and its limits, otherwise, the candidates could oversell the role, and voters will be making their choice on the wrong basis," she said.

"They will be applying the wrong criteria in making this choice, which is nonetheless very important."

She added that more importantly, presidential candidates should "refrain from overselling their role" in the first place.