""Some people still ask whether my long previous association with the PAP will stop me from acting independently. The answer is no. My loyalty is first and foremost, to the people of Singapore. It has always been so, and will always remain so"
Ong Teng Cheong
- August 1993, in his final election broadcast speech
http://www.ongtengcheong.com/quotes.htm
TJS' cynicism of former PAP members is valid, but not all former PAP members running for president is like TT. Ong Teng Cheong demonstrated that he could really be independent and a good president. History and the court of public opinion has decreed so.