Tag Archives: by-election

By Subramaniam Thirumeni I hope it is not too vulgar or insensitive to blog about this now.  I certainly hope the lynch mob will not turn on me. This is an issue about the law and so I am just wondering out aloud: Is there a legal requirement to hold a by-election in a GRC where one of the seats …

On Friday 5th July 2013, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Constitution of Singapore “Does not give the Prime Minister an unfettered discretion in the calling of an election to fill a casual vacancy of an elected MP. He must do so within a reasonable time”. In so doing, the Court has overturned an earlier High Court position that the Prime …