might become the next elected President of Singapore by virtue of being the most qualified candidate.
Tin’s example has raised the question of whether or not serving MPs should be allowed to have two jobs.
Madam Ho herself is no stranger to controversy. For years, her appointment as CEO of Temasek Holdings has long raised eyebrows. As veteran journalistWhat is more worrisome is that the episode shows how the ruling party has chucked the issue of conflict of interest into the dustbin to be ignored and forgotten. It is not a new issue; it has been cropping up since 1986 when Lee Kuan Yew made his son a minister in the late PM’s Cabinet.
Qualifications aside, a candidate’s suitability for a public job depends more than what experience is written on their CV. Potential conflicts of interest are just as important .