PM proposes special provision to guarantee minorities can be elected president
(ST) – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has given the clearest hint of proposed changes to the law to guarantee ethnic minorities are elected president from time to time.
This special provision may only need to be used, he said, if there has not been a president of a particular race for a long time – say four, five or six terms.
Then the next election could be reserved for a member of that community if a qualified candidate presents himself or herself.
