Parliament to debate proposed EP changes
MPs will also raise questions on teachers' resignation, online gambling and retrenchment
Singapore
The proposed changes to the Elected Presidency will be debated on Monday when Parliament meets.
More than 40 Members of Parliament are expected to speak over two days at least when the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill, tabled by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean at the last sitting, is read a second time.
Both Mr Teo and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as well as Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam are also tipped to speak during the debate. The Bill provides more details on some of the proposed changes recommended by the Constitutional Commission set up to review the system of Elected Presidency…
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