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PE 2023 and brewing questions over the elected presidency system

Tharman Shanmugaratnam won decisively but the issues raised during the hustings could come home to roost in a future race.

Posters of two presidential candidates Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tan Kin Lian, and a phone with a a screenshot of Mr Ng Kok Song's website at French Road on Aug 29, 2023.

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam won the three-way contest for the presidency on Sept 1 with 70.4 per cent of the vote.

ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY

Gillian Koh

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Voters have indicated

by a decisive margin

that Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam should be Singapore’s ninth president.

his post-election doorstop interview

after the sample count was published by the Elections Department (ELD), Mr Tharman said the result is “another milestone in the process of evolution” in our nation. A non-Chinese is the choice of 70.4 per cent of electors from a multiracial slate of candidates.

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