"Halimah leaves the political scene with a dark shadow hanging overhead. If not for this stain on her presidency, Halimah’s would have been a glorious departure." — PN Balji
That started a chain of WhatsApp messages with one of my friends saying there would be a press conference at 2.30 pm. The strategy to choreograph the announcements was in tatters, with both the Prime Minister and Tharman revealing the content of the official letters of Tharman’s intention to contest and PM’s agreement.
Second, the second lock on Tan Cheng Bock with the government increasing the shareholder equity of potential candidates to $500 million in shareholder equity which blocked him from the race. And as President, Halimah championed issues like mental health, gender equality, and inter-faith harmony. In a report in ST, she was described as a woman with a heart.
Did she not think that the twin moves of increasing the shareholder equity and excluding non-Malays were an attempt to block Tan Cheng Bock from contesting? If that thought did occur to her, then how was she convinced to join the race?
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