Mr Goh said he had been fairly confident he would make the cut, because he had assembled a broad team of experts to assess his eligibility. They included a former Attorney-General, a constitutional law professor, a former judge and a senior counsel, among others.
“It’s not ‘tomorrow I have to try and work harder’ - it’s already there,” he said. “If I continue what I’m doing now as an independent candidate, whether the system allows me to go in or not. We should ask this question.”Mr Goh, was also asked whether he would now reveal the names of the five companies he submitted to the PEC, but declined to do so. He had declined to name them on Aug 4, when he held a press conference after submitting his application for a certificate of eligibility.
Mr Goh reiterated that he was the sole independent candidate without any past ties to a political party or the Government. At his home, Mr Goh showed the campaign collaterals he had already prepared, which included t-shirts, badges, flags, a container full of tissue packets, and some 1.4 million mailers.
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