Guess who is misleading people?

POLICY DECISION, said Mr Shanmugam In the first townhall dialogue in September 2016. (http://bit.ly/2xTDL5C)

PM LEE indicated the same when he spoke in Parliament in November 2016 during the debate.

PM Lee said:
"When should the racial provision start counting?
The Constitutional Amendment Bill states that the Government should legislate on this point and the GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO LEGISLATE when we amend the Presidential Elections Act in January next year."

In other words, it is a GOVERNMENT DECISION when the counting would start.

So who is misleading people?

Sylvia Lim has conveniently chosen to focus people on her own misinterpretation of "we have taken the Attorney-General’s advice" and ignored all that was said by PM Lee just before this.

This isn't the first time she has misled in Parliament. She is the only one with the distinction of being called out by Justice Quentin Loh for misleading Parliament.

Parliament is supreme. Parliament is where policy decisions are made. The role of the AG is to advise the Government on the legal aspects of the decisions they make, the legitimacy of their policy decisions.

As a Parliamentarian and a lawyer by training, Sylvia Lim should know the role of the AG to government.

In her adjournment motion speech, she quoted various 'who said what' EXCEPT from the 68-page judgement delivered by the appeal court.

If Sylvia Lim is a serious seeker of answer she would have read the judgement for therein lies the answer to her question, addressed in great detail.

Instead she chose to mislead in order to insinuate in Parliament.

Chief Jusice Menon, in his judgement, wrote that Constitution mandates that Parliament should decide on how the count would start. He also said that Constitution allows the Government to choose any of the 5 terms preceding 2017 as the first term. (http://bit.ly/2yJ5J33)