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Ex-NMP Calvin Cheng said the EP was fair and square and blamed people for slamming Halimah's race or using the #NotMyPresident hashtag. He thinks everyone must respect the result especially because she conducted herself with dignity.

In the end, Halimah Yacob will just fade to become a silent President. "Don't expect that she will be vocal or questioning or even be too public". Do you agree?

The Singapore Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Government for not calling a by-election in the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC after Halimah Yacob vacated her seat. The pre-trial conference will be on 9 Oct 2017.

Our reader is unhappy with Halimah's decision to continue living in her flat as he thinks it's a waste of taxpayers' money. He thinks she should be willing to change now that she is President of Singapore. What do you think?

LHL has congratulated Halimah Yacob for becoming the President of Singapore. Interestingly, he thanked Farid Khan and Salleh Marican for accepting their disqualification as "this is the way to make our democratic processes work properly". Really?

Our reader expected Halimah Yacob to win as Singapore will have a female head of state to 'show off'. He said the other 2 contenders did not even have comparable track records and were trying to 'dilute' her votes anyway. What do you think?

Farid Khan thanked people for their support despite being disqualified from running for Presidency. He said he stepped forward because he saw a duty to do so for the Malay community, given the limited number of candidates who potentially qualify under the amendments.

Some may not consider Halimah Yacob to be Singapore's 2nd Malay President (as she is Indian Muslim), it is indisputable that she will be the first President who lives in a HDB flat.

Workers' Party's He Ting Ru is worried that people are so upset about the elected Presidency but wonders if it tells a lot about our society given that so few good men/women were willing to put themselves forward. What do you think?

Opposition politician Goh Meng Seng wrote an open letter to Halimah Yacob to tell her not to submit her nomination papers tomorrow. He said the Reserved Presidency has already harmed the Malay community and thinks she will not be respected if she accepts the role.