Prologue
After playing down his political ambitions for two months since he was thrusted into the limelight by being an advocate for the troubled minibond investors, Mr Tan Kin Lian had finally announced his interest in the elected presidency or MP. In an article published on Sunday Times, ‘Tan Kin Lian eyes elected presidency”, Mr Tan said he will run for either the presidency or MP if he is able to gather 100,000 signatures.
We ask our panel of 3 writers of what they think of Mr Tan’s plan to run for public office.
In addition, we have invited 3 bloggers to share with us their thoughts - Mr Daniel Ling of Information Read by Me, Mr Gabriel Sim of Simply Gab and Mr Ng E Jay of Sgpolitics
Mr Tan has repeatedly denied that he has any political motives for helping the investors. What are the possible reasons for this abrupt U-turn now ?
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/26/roundtable-discussion-mr-tan-kin-lians-bid-for-presidency/
After playing down his political ambitions for two months since he was thrusted into the limelight by being an advocate for the troubled minibond investors, Mr Tan Kin Lian had finally announced his interest in the elected presidency or MP. In an article published on Sunday Times, ‘Tan Kin Lian eyes elected presidency”, Mr Tan said he will run for either the presidency or MP if he is able to gather 100,000 signatures.
We ask our panel of 3 writers of what they think of Mr Tan’s plan to run for public office.
In addition, we have invited 3 bloggers to share with us their thoughts - Mr Daniel Ling of Information Read by Me, Mr Gabriel Sim of Simply Gab and Mr Ng E Jay of Sgpolitics
Mr Tan has repeatedly denied that he has any political motives for helping the investors. What are the possible reasons for this abrupt U-turn now ?
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/26/roundtable-discussion-mr-tan-kin-lians-bid-for-presidency/
