Commission calls for bigger CPA - 8 members, up from 6

Singapore

THE Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) should be bumped up from six to eight members, with the Prime Minister and the President each appointing one of the two additional members.

This would enable the CPA to better handle its "expanded scope of work", said the Constitutional Commission set up to review the Elected Presidency.

The commission's report was released to the public on Wednesday evening.

Under the proposed changes, the President will be obliged to consult the CPA before exercising all of his custodial power…