If you have yet to hear about it, news has it that Sellapan Ramanathan aka the man whose potrait photo and his wife's are hung in school halls for the past decade or so has decided to retire as president of Singapore.
It has been quite clear that S R Nathan will not seek re-election again as there is bound to be competition in the upcoming presidential elections. With Dr. Tony Tan, who has indirectly been given the approval stamp by the PAP, being the hot favourite to win at the polls, it is inevitable that S R Nathan needs to "give way".
However, unlike the late Ong Teng Cheong whom Mr Nathan succeeded in 1999, the latter will not be missed by many citizens of Singapore. Judging from the responses I got from people that I chatted with, it seems that this second Indian president of the nation will be remembered in history books as "the sixth and just another president of Singapore".
So what is my take on the supposedly three-cornered fight between the tiTANs? Well, I have no comment on it at the moment but do expect to see me mentioning about it when polling day is around the corner.
As for now, let's move up north to Thailand where the land of a thousand smiles (and red shirt protesters) will hold its general elections this Sunday. Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai Party go go go! Abhisit Vejjajiva out out out! Thailand hardly changed under your governance.
It has been quite clear that S R Nathan will not seek re-election again as there is bound to be competition in the upcoming presidential elections. With Dr. Tony Tan, who has indirectly been given the approval stamp by the PAP, being the hot favourite to win at the polls, it is inevitable that S R Nathan needs to "give way".
However, unlike the late Ong Teng Cheong whom Mr Nathan succeeded in 1999, the latter will not be missed by many citizens of Singapore. Judging from the responses I got from people that I chatted with, it seems that this second Indian president of the nation will be remembered in history books as "the sixth and just another president of Singapore".
So what is my take on the supposedly three-cornered fight between the tiTANs? Well, I have no comment on it at the moment but do expect to see me mentioning about it when polling day is around the corner.
As for now, let's move up north to Thailand where the land of a thousand smiles (and red shirt protesters) will hold its general elections this Sunday. Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai Party go go go! Abhisit Vejjajiva out out out! Thailand hardly changed under your governance.
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