‘Seeing Tharman’s posters and banners around the island just makes my blood boil', daughter of Tan Kin Lian frustrated at limited time for campaign

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Presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian's daughter Su Ling claims opponent Tharman Shanmugaratnam had more time to prepare for election.

SINGAPORE: Ms Su Ling, the daughter of presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian, took to social media to express frustration over what she perceived as one advantage of former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam over her father’s campaign, alleging that he had more time to prepare for his presidential bid.Seeing Tharman’s campaign posters and banners around the island just makes my blood boil.

Aug 22 was Nomination Day and the beginning of the campaign period, and shortly afterwards, Mr Tharman’s posters were already seen in the streets. She added that her father’s team had been unable to print campaign posters in advance because of the late approval of election materials — and rush printing jobs are understandably more expensive.

 

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