Ng Kok Song submits eligibility papers for Presidential Election, with former Cabinet minister George Yeo as character referee

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WATCH: Mr Ng Kok Song has put down former Cabinet Minister George Yeo as his character reference in a form submitted to the Elections Department of Singapore. He declined to say who else he listed as character references.

, former head of insurance cooperative NTUC Income who also made a run for the 2011 Presidential Election.“I would not have revealed the names except that Mr George Yeo himself said so on his Facebook. So I’m just confirming what Mr George Yeo said.”Around midnight on Thursday, Mr Yeo published on Facebook a picture of himself and his wife seated with Mr Ng and his fiancee Sybil Lau, with a message: “Hosted to a pleasant dinner by old friend and colleague, Ng Kok Song, and his fiancee Sybil Lau.

Mr Yeo last held the post of foreign affairs minister before his 23-year political career came to halt after the 2011 General Election, when he and his team from the People’s Action Party lost their constituency in Aljunied to the Workers’ Party. In addition, each potential presidential candidate has to complete a Nomination Paper detailing a team of a proposer, seconder and between four and eight assenters, who will have to sign this form to be submitted on Nomination Day.

 

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