Singapore will hold the presidential election on September 1, Returning Officer Tan Meng Dui announced on Tuesday after three candidates filed nomination documents.
Senior investor Ng Kok Song, former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Tan Kin Lian, former income chief of the National Trades Union Congress, were nominated for the presidency campaign, reports Xinhua news agency.
As the head of the city-state, the Singaporean president is empowered to veto government budgets and key public appointments, authorize anti-corruption investigations, and safeguard the country’s fiscal reserve.
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Meanwhile, The three candidates are former Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a strong supporter of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP); former investment director of the GIC sovereign fund, Ng Kok Song; and Tan Kin Lian, a former executive of an insurance company.
It marks the first time a presidential election in Singapore has been contested in more than a decade, and the third such election since a constitutional amendment in 1991 converted the six-year post into an elected one.
The current president, Halimah Yacob, a former member of the PAP, was the only eligible candidate in the 2017 presidential race.
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