SINGAPORE — Legislative changes aimed at allowing the President and ministers to accept appointments in foreign and international organisations in their personal capacities, if it is in the national interest for them to do so, were proposed in Parliament on Monday (Nov 6).
The Prime Minister’s Office tabled amendments to Singapore’s constitutional laws, saying in a media release that accepting such positions can enhance Singapore’s international standing and help to advance the national interest.
If passed, the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore Bill will enable the President to perform such roles when the Cabinet advises that it is in the national interest to accept and hold that role, PMO added. In 2017, he became the first Asian to be appointed chairman of the board of trustees of the Group of Thirty , an independent global council of economic and financial leaders. He is still holding that position.
This is subject to Article 33 of the Constitution, which bans ministers from holding any office of profit or actively engaging in any commercial enterprise.
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