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Article: My response to Tan Jee Say's presidential bid

21st July 2011:

With all the hype about the upcoming EP, I have finally come across an article about Mr. Tan Jee Say that is very much non-partisan; My response to Tan Jee Say's presidential bid.

If you are mainly an opposition supporter and to a significant extent; partisan, you will most likely be comparing between Mr. Tan Kin Lian and Mr. Tan Jee Say. Mr. Tan Kin Lian has left the PAP cadre since year 2007 while Mr. Tan Jee Say has only joined SDP for a mere 3 months and resigned.

With the abovementioned, let me refer to what Ms. Hazel Poa (NSP Secretary General) told The Straits Times, "The opposition National Solidarity Party (NSP) has proposed a change to the Constitution to require presidential candidates to cease being members of political parties at least two years before contesting."  This change if approved should be applied to both ruling party and opposition candidates who are interested to run for presidency, no less.

Pam Petite
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