“News that his former comrade-in-arms Tan Cheng Bock, 71, has declared his intention to run for President caught veteran backbencher Inderjit Singh off guard. The Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) told Today: “For Presidential Elections, there’s always been a candidate that the Government supports … it’s quite clear that we will be fully behind this person so it will be very awkward (to have Dr Tan in the contest).”
As a citizen of Singapore I was quite shocked that you as an MP made the above comments and would like to seek the following clarification from you:
1. Are you implying that an independent Presidential election candidate is a bad thing for Singapore? By using the word “AWKWARD” were you saying Singapore can only have a PAP approved candidate to run for the Presidential election? Full email
