Singapore's presidential... Group job interview? (PE2023)

socialservice.sg presents: "Before the Ballot"

Like the entire PE2023 campaign thus far, the presidential forum offered little beyond scripted platitudes and vague generalities. Be that as it may, Isaac Neo and I sat down after the forum to chat about our general impressions, and how the limits of the forum modality perhaps reflected the limits and ambiguities associated with Singapore's elected presidency.

Listen to the full mini-series:

1. ⁠Much ado about “independence”, PE2023’s young voters⁠ (with Rosamund Lim)
2. ⁠Constitution? Ceremonial? Community?, PE2023’s young voters⁠ (with Liang Weiting)
3. ⁠A “GE2020 Jamus Lim debate moment”?, PE2023’s young voters⁠ (with Aamir Bana)
4. ⁠Singapore’s presidential… Group job interview? (PE2023)⁠
5. ⁠Veteran journalist Bertha Henson on PE2023, the PEC and CPA, and the office of the elected presidency⁠

Resources for information about presidency:

• The president's constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties, ⁠as described on its website⁠.
• A primer by “The Straits Times” on ⁠the president’s role and powers⁠.
• An explainer on Singapore’s elected presidency by ⁠CAPE⁠.
• Resources and readings compiled by ⁠academia.sg⁠, including “⁠Why Singapore’s next elected President should be one of its last⁠”.
• ⁠The Menon Commission Report⁠.

This episode is part of the "Civic Engagement and Action" series of the podcast's sixth season (⁠https://socialservice.sg/podcast/⁠).