Perfecting Singapore’s system of political governance: Privileging elites in the quest for good governance

• Main Author: EUGENE, Tan K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: President; Constitution; Singapore; elites; Administrative Law; Asian Studies; President/Executive Department; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3631; 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 argues that the office of the Elected President is best understood as an elite institution with eligibility restricted to a select group by a stringent set of criteria for hopefuls from the public and private sectors. The Singapore Constitution provides the Elected President with execut...