While the Singapore government has sought to construct the elected presidency as an institution critical to Singapore’s political system, the result in fact forces the institution to contradict itself. This paradox has important implications for politics in a post–Lee Hsien Loong Singapore.

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2017年人民行动党和新加坡总统

虽然新加坡政府试图将民选总统建设为对新加坡政治制度至关重要的机构，但结果实际上迫使该机构自相矛盾。这一悖论对后李显龙时代的新加坡政治具有重要意义。