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The former Speaker of Parliament, Mrs. Halimah Yacob on Wednesday 13th September emerged as Singapore’s eighth President after a 'walkover' election that saw no other contenders run for the position.
Mrs. Yacob, 63, was the only candidate deemed eligible to run in the country’s Elections Department after the other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 million Singapore dollars, equivalent to 372 million dollars.
Mrs. Yacob, broke the record as first woman to occupy president’s office and Singapore’s first Malay president in 47 years.
In a speech at the Elections Department office, Mrs. Yacob said, “Although this is a reserved election, I’m not a reserved president. I am a president for everyone regardless of race, language, religion or creed. A proud moment for Singapore, for multiculturalism and multi-racialism.”
She is expected to be sworn into office tomorrow being Thursday, September 14, 2017.
However, it's noteworthy that the President of Singapore holds ceremonial powers as executive powers lies mainly in the hands of the Prime Minister or members of the cabinet.
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