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A presidential election is not a general election, but do S’poreans care about the difference?
Some are already treating it as a political contest against the government of the day, fundamentally misunderstanding the president’s role.
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In Singapore, the president is not a politician or a policymaker.
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It’s been just over a week since Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced his plans to run for president, declared the same intention.
But if social media is anything to go by, some Singaporeans are already treating it as a general election, not a presidential one.
