Former speaker of parliament,
Halimah Yacob on Wednesday emerged as Singapore’s eighth president after a
“walkover” election that saw no other contenders run for the position.
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 (372 million dollars).
Yacob, broke the record as first
woman to occupy president’s office and Singapore’s first Malay president in 47
years.
Halimah in a speech at the
Elections Department office 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.”
Yacob is expected to be sworn
into office on Thursday.
The president, however, holds
ceremonial powers as executive powers lies in the hands of the Prime Minister
or members of the cabinet.
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