According to media, a survey carried out by Yahoo on who should be Singapore’s next Prime Minister, confirms that Tharman Shanmugaratnam is the clear choice in both the polls. Tharman is descendant of Ceylonese Tamils, married to a Japanese-Chinese origin lady is now a deputy Prime Minister of the country.
orn in 1957, Mr Shanmugaratnam is 5 years younger than Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and just four years older than Heng Swee Keat.
As at 12pm today (6 Sep), yahoo had 2,316 responses to the poll – and most (1882 votes) voted for Tharman Shanmugaratnam to lead Singapore into the future.
Mr Shanmugaratnam had previously said that it is only a matter of time before Singapore gets a non-Chinese prime minister. He said, “it seems to me inevitable that at some point, a minority prime minister – Indian, Malay, Eurasian, or some mixture – is going to be a feature of the political landscape. We’ve got a meritocracy, it is an open system.”
But he also indicated that he himself does not prefer to be the Prime Minister, unless he has no choice.
“Let me put it this way, we all have our preferences. And I was always, in sports, a centre half rather than centre forward. I enjoy playing half back and making long passes, but I am not the striker. Unless O am forced to be, I don’t think I will be forced to it, because I think we have got choices.” – Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Besides his own unwillingness, Tharman may have other hurdles to cross to be the Prime Minister of Singapore as per the wish of many Singaporeans.
Listen to his speeches follow the links below ,
