The People's Action Party and the Singapore presidency in 2017 : understanding the contradictions between state discourse and state practice

While the Singapore government has sought to construct the elected presidency as an institution critical to Singapore’s political system, the result in fact forces the institution to contradict itself. This paradox has important implications for politics in a post–Lee Hsien Loong Singapore.

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Main Authors: Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman, Waikar, Prashant
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142254
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:While the Singapore government has sought to construct the elected presidency as an institution critical to Singapore’s political system, the result in fact forces the institution to contradict itself. This paradox has important implications for politics in a post–Lee Hsien Loong Singapore.