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Wait until you see what the requirements are to run for president in Singapore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_elections_in_Singapore#Strictness_of
by decimalenough 2y ago
Wait until you see what the requirements are to run for president in Singapore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_elections_in_Singapore#Strictness_of_qualifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_elections_in_Sing...
Mysteriously, the requirements are tightened up and/or new ones are invented every time a credible-looking opposition candidate pops up. Most famously, before the 2017 election the requirement was imposed that the president has to be selected from a rotating selection of races, in this case Malay, which by complete coincidence disqualified the otherwise-qualified Chinese opposition candidate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Singaporean_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Singaporean_presidential_...