Once ruled out as potential PM, Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam quits cabinet to make bid for elected president

Assistant Professor Walid Jumblatt from the Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme at NTU’s School of Social Sciences said that it was “politically a good move” for the ruling party, adding: “When it comes to bringing out the big guns, there is no bigger gun than Tharman.”

The headlines have been on Singapore’s Tharman Shanmugaratnam quitting the cabinet to make a bid for an elected president. He, widely seen as a formidable establishment choice, may have been ruled out as a Potential PM, but observers say the feel-good factor from Tharman’s candidacy could boost the ruling party’s standing in the next parliamentary elections. 

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