Squaring the circle: The President as a symbol of multiracialism and national unity

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: President; minority representation; Singapore; Asian Studies; President/Executive Department; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Law and Legal Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3628; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9781351666626&context=PC&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Constitutional%20change%20in%20Singapore:%20Reforming%20the%20Elected%20President&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter considers the rationale for minority representation in the office of the Elected President. It examines the official discourse on the Head of State as a symbol of multiracialism and national unity. Institutional design plays a fundamental role in the attainment of constitutional ideals...