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Presidential Elections Committee

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Legal academic Valentine Winslow wrote that the committee has the power to reject anyone who does not have "integrity, good character, and reputation", and that this places too much discretionary power in the hands of a small group of persons, with no guarantee that they are qualified to judge others
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Winslow suggested that there is an "embarrassment of uncertainty" for a candidate seeking nomination, because they may be rejected for reasons completely unclear to them, and that "men of eminence" will not agree to be nominated if they are likely to be humiliated by rejection.
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wrote that the mechanism of selecting qualified candidates "removes the power of choice one step further away from the people, placing in the hands of an unelected group of people the power to decide who is a suitable candidate".
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All five were also on the Malay Community Committee that gave the green light to Malay candidates in Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) in the
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has expertise and experience acquired in the private sector that is relevant to the functions of the PEC, appointed by the Prime Minister
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Thio observed that the committee is "not under a legal duty to give reasons for their decision, which is deficient as a process".
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as being of integrity and good character, or are unbiased, as there is no provision for any independent election commission.
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The Malay community sub-committee, which will issue the Malay Community Certificate to candidates, comprises five members.
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There is also a Community Committee, which will assess whether the candidate belongs to the specified ethnic community.
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The Community Committee is headed by Timothy James de Souza, a member of the Presidential Council of Minority Rights.
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Valentine S. Winslow. "The election of a president in a parliamentary system". In Lam, Peng er; Tan, Kevin (eds.).
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Fatimah Azimullah, Advisor to the Singapore Muslim Women's Association
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The Community Committee is headed by Edward D'Silva, a member of the
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fulfils the stringent qualifications set out in Article 19 of the
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to ensure that each candidate running for the office of
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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, Art. 18(2).
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Yatiman Yusof, former Senior Parliamentary Secretary
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