BREAKING: Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announces intention to run for Singapore's presidency.

[Fcw75]

$500m set by who? Niama…

[inlinesix]

On 8/11/2023 at 9:14 PM, Wt_know said:

i think $500m criteria is too high ... $100m should suffice ...  

Depends on who you want to be the candidate.

Keppel Corp NAV is 11.9b.

[Wt_know]

On 8/11/2023 at 9:24 PM, inlinesix said:

Depends on who you want to be the candidate.

Keppel Corp NAV is 11.9b.

of course GLC mostly will be >$500m la ...

[13177]

On 8/11/2023 at 9:14 PM, Wt_know said:

i think $500m criteria is too high ... $100m should suffice ...  

Criteria must set high, so that not anyone also can come run for PE lo. And also can walkover easily. 

[Datsun366]

The President COE mah. No money take public transport lor. Haiyaa. EK4 meh?

Anyone saw Rooster and Maverick around in their pilfered F14? 😁

I know who is going to win. His winning percentage will carry over into the parliamentary election. I say 40ish to sixtyish for the Presidential run.

NKS everyone say go home and chase the cat. Thank you for your service.

😁

[Scorpiong]

On 8/11/2023 at 3:26 PM, 13177 said:

1 Sep is a weekday le. Thought election usually on sat de.

They want the polling day to be on 1 Sep bcos Singapore President offical car plate is SEP 1. Easy to remember the month and day

[Playtime]

On 8/11/2023 at 9:14 PM, Wt_know said:

i think $500m criteria is too high ... $100m should suffice ...  

Does it even matter?

Look at all the past presidents,  pap say quality means qualify. 

In the end,  OTC tried to do his job, look what happened to him.

The others would have done more good and happiness for singaporeans if they just go open prata, fried chicken,  nasi lemak restaurants. Their... and anyone's..  supposed financial qualifications have absolutely nothing to do with their job performance. 

 

Is tharman qualified,  OF COURSE! On paper...

Will he be an OTC? Personally... I doubt so.

And thus,  post OTC, not only the presidents,  but the whole presidency itself ... what's the point but millions and millions and millions of dollars drained. 

 

Edited August 12, 2023 by Playtime

[mersaylee]

On 8/11/2023 at 9:11 PM, Stratovarius said:

Basic mathematics. Negative x negative = positive. So clown x clown = president?

But but...basic logic is negative times negative is ksl negative leh

...and clown times clown =...😅

[inlinesix]

On 8/12/2023 at 11:07 AM, Playtime said:

Does it even matter?

Look at all the past presidents,  pap say quality means qualify. 

In the end,  OTC tried to do his job, look what happened to him.

The others would have done more good and happiness for singaporeans if they just go open prata, fried chicken,  nasi lemak restaurants. Their... and anyone's..  supposed financial qualifications have absolutely nothing to do with their job performance. 

 

Is tharman qualified,  OF COURSE! On paper...

Will he be an OTC? Personally... I doubt so.

And thus,  post OTC, not only the presidents,  but the whole presidency itself ... what's the point but millions and millions and millions of dollars drained. 

 

The entire presidency is waste money since Day 1.

 

[Fcw75]

Not affiliated and not running to split the votes huh…

[Voodooman]

On 8/12/2023 at 1:05 PM, inlinesix said:

The entire presidency is waste money since Day 1.

 

Original intent was good but after OTC, PAP realized ownself check ownself works best. 

[Wt_know]

On 8/12/2023 at 4:14 PM, Voodooman said:

Original intent was good but after OTC, PAP realized ownself check ownself works best. 

hearsay, a very smart alek said .. it's a "virtue" ...  

Edited August 12, 2023 by Wt_know

[Playtime]

Another thing. 

If they are serious. There should be a 2 stage.  If there's more than 2 contenders but no one gets a absolute over 50%, then the 2 best go 2nd round. It's actually done in many places. 

KFC won because of vote splitting.. and it can still happen. One might even say it was planned.

 

[inlinesix]

On 8/12/2023 at 6:05 PM, Playtime said:

Another thing. 

If they are serious. There should be a 2 stage.  If there's more than 2 contenders but no one gets a absolute over 50%, then the 2 best go 2nd round. It's actually done in many places. 

KFC won because of vote splitting.. and it can still happen. One might even say it was planned.

 

Don’t waste money and time.

We have adopted first pass vote system.

Otherwise no 3 no 4

[inlinesix]

On 8/12/2023 at 4:14 PM, Voodooman said:

Original intent was good but after OTC, PAP realized ownself check ownself works best. 

OG intent has always been ownself check ownself.

Look at how Oppo was fixed.

Edited August 12, 2023 by inlinesix

[Playtime]

On 8/12/2023 at 4:14 PM, Voodooman said:

Original intent was good but after OTC, PAP realized ownself check ownself works best. 

Original intent was never to check ownself.  Cos the pres will always be a pap insider. 

The intention is for a pap pres to check a non pap govt if pap loses majority. 

It's firstly a second key to let pap hold some power even if it loses... not so much to protect reserve. 

[Carbon82]

Scare voters will decide who to vote for basing on attendance at rallies ah?

If that is the case, why not have 1-on-1 debate sessions on TV, instead of each making their own statement on TV? 

Rallies ‘may be divisive’, not encouraged for Presidential Election: Elections Department

SINGAPORE: Rallies are not encouraged for the Presidential Election and there will be no designated rally sites, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Saturday (Aug 12). 

This is because election meetings “by their nature and format” may be divisive and are not congruent with the unifying role of the elected President, it said in a press release. 

Television will be the key medium of the campaign because of its national reach, said the ELD.

Each candidate will be allocated two blocks of 10 minutes of airtime free of charge to make their statements across 19 Mediacorp TV channels, as well as the radio channels of Mediacorp, Singapore Media Trust (SMT) and SoDrama!.

These Presidential Candidate Broadcasts will be aired on Aug 24 and Aug 30.

Mediacorp’s televised Presidential Forum will be broadcast live on CNA on Aug 28, with live streams on CNA’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. There will be a repeat telecast of the forum on Channel 5 the next day. 

[Playtime]

On 8/12/2023 at 9:08 PM, Carbon82 said:

Scare voters will decide who to vote for basing on attendance at rallies ah?

If that is the case, why not have 1-on-1 debate sessions on TV, instead of each making their own statement on TV? 

Rallies ‘may be divisive’, not encouraged for Presidential Election: Elections Department

SINGAPORE: Rallies are not encouraged for the Presidential Election and there will be no designated rally sites, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Saturday (Aug 12). 

This is because election meetings “by their nature and format” may be divisive and are not congruent with the unifying role of the elected President, it said in a press release. 

Television will be the key medium of the campaign because of its national reach, said the ELD.

Each candidate will be allocated two blocks of 10 minutes of airtime free of charge to make their statements across 19 Mediacorp TV channels, as well as the radio channels of Mediacorp, Singapore Media Trust (SMT) and SoDrama!.

These Presidential Candidate Broadcasts will be aired on Aug 24 and Aug 30.

Mediacorp’s televised Presidential Forum will be broadcast live on CNA on Aug 28, with live streams on CNA’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. There will be a repeat telecast of the forum on Channel 5 the next day. 

🤣🤣🤣 

Otc... we all know la..

Unelected nathan.. repeated..

30% "winner" tony...

Race based halimah ...

Yeah,  they worry "divisive".... they must live in another dimension. 

But then.... They probably consider OTC "divisive"... and the rest "unifying" 🤡

 

Edited August 12, 2023 by Playtime