Dr Wong Wee Nam’s speech at Mr Tan Jee Say’s presidential election rally on Tuesday 23 August at Toa Payoh stadium. J22WDM4BKSF6
When you go to the polls this Saturday, you will be electing your next president. Hopefully, with your support, he will be Tan Jee Say. You will not be getting a figure head but someone who is willing to exercise the power given to him. Some people have come out to say the president cannot do this and cannot do that. They made it seemed that the elected president cannot do much except to listen to the cabinet. The president is not that weak. He is elected by you. What he cannot do as a president, he can do so as your representative. He can still listen to you and if need be, to express your concerns.
There may be certain legal constraints on what the president can do or cannot do. Jee Say understands that and will work closely with the government to make sure that this is a better country for all of us. But that does not mean he should be just a rubber stamp.
It would certainly be most absurd for an elected president to be denied the right to think and express opinions like any other citizen, or be disallowed from having his conscience guide him.
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