Presidential election preview

As most of us know, the upcoming Presidential Election will likely be a four-cornered fight. Four men coincidentally by the surname of Tan will battle for the right to be Singapore's head of state in a fortnight.

The four Presidential hopefuls are (clockwise from top left): Tan Kin Lian, effective only at grassroots level but doubful in representing the country on the international front.

Tan Jee Say, former top civil servant who lost in the General Elections in May and wants to take revenge by making a comeback.

Dr Tony Tan, the most famous Tan among the four eligible candidates, who is also closely linked to the men in white and heavily endorsed by the latter.

Dr Tan Cheng Bock, the former MP who constantly disagreed with his party's ministers and policies but shockingly still chose to remain in that party after many years.

The two crossed-out faces are Andrew Kuan and Ooi Boon Ewe. Both of them tried their luck in the previous contest in 2005 but were disqualified. Being naturally thick-skined President wannabes, they decide to try again.

The Presidential Elections Committee is not that dumb to contradict itself by issuing that two monkeys a certificate of eligibility this time. By the way, Mr Ooi is a private tutor and doesn't hold high posts in an organization in his life before. What?

Since people say that the Presidential Election should not be politicized and the President is above politics. I chose not to state any political parties in this entire post.

However, I will do so when I give a more detailed analysis of the four eligible candidates in an upcoming post somewhere near Polling Day which falls on 17 August.