Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts

There are sound reasons to set out explicitly and entrench in the Singapore Constitution the right to vote and key elements of the way elections are held. While a future government might not remove them entirely, it might derogate from them to the extent that they become unrecognizable.

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Main Author: LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-19522011-01-15T14:48:15Z Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta There are sound reasons to set out explicitly and entrench in the Singapore Constitution the right to vote and key elements of the way elections are held. While a future government might not remove them entirely, it might derogate from them to the extent that they become unrecognizable. 2009-02-20T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/953 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1952/viewcontent/TODAY_20090220_1.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Constitutional Law
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LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta
Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
description There are sound reasons to set out explicitly and entrench in the Singapore Constitution the right to vote and key elements of the way elections are held. While a future government might not remove them entirely, it might derogate from them to the extent that they become unrecognizable.
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title Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
title_short Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
title_full Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
title_fullStr Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
title_full_unstemmed Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
title_sort make the implicit explicit: affirming right to vote in the constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2009
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/953
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1952/viewcontent/TODAY_20090220_1.pdf
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