Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts

Author

Jack Tsen-Ta LEE, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

2-2009

Abstract

There are sound reasons to set out explicitly and entrench in the Singapore Constitution the right to vote and key elements of the way elections are held. While a future government might not remove them entirely, it might derogate from them to the extent that they become unrecognizable.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Constitutional Law

Publication

Today

First Page

28

ISSN

7237-4163

Publisher

Singapore Mediacorp Press

Citation

LEE, Jack Tsen-Ta. Make the implicit explicit: Affirming right to vote in the Constitution would pre-empt the possibility of abuse by future govts. (2009). Today. 28.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/953

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