Council of Presidential Advisers

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The Council of Presidential Advisers is a constitutional body in Singapore that advises the President on key decisions such as fiscal safeguards, public service appointments, and the use of discretionary powers.

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Label Occurrences
Council of Presidential Advisers canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory council ⓘ
constitutional body ⓘ
advises President of Singapore ⓘ
advisesOn corruption and integrity-related matters in certain cases ⓘ
detention and security matters in certain cases ⓘ
fiscal safeguards ⓘ
key public sector appointments ⓘ
public service appointments ⓘ
use of past reserves ⓘ
use of presidential discretionary powers ⓘ
aim to ensure integrity of key public appointments ⓘ
to safeguard Singapore’s reserves ⓘ
bindingNatureOfAdvice Council’s advice is generally not legally binding on the President ⓘ
Council’s views can affect whether Parliament may override a presidential veto in certain cases ⓘ
compositionIncludes alternate members ⓘ
chairman ⓘ
deputy chairman ⓘ
members ⓘ
country Singapore ⓘ
decisionEffect President may override government decisions in protected areas after considering Council’s advice ⓘ
President must consult the Council in specified areas before exercising discretionary powers ⓘ
establishedAs mechanism to support the Elected President’s custodial role ⓘ
governedBy constitutional provisions on the Elected President ⓘ
hasCharacteristic independent advisory role ⓘ
non-partisan ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
hasPower to require information relevant to matters on which it advises ⓘ
jurisdiction national-level matters in Singapore ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn Singapore ⓘ
meets periodically ⓘ
membersAppointedBy President of Singapore ⓘ
operatesUnder Singapore’s Westminster-derived system with an elected presidency ⓘ
oversees safeguarding of past reserves together with the President ⓘ
partOf constitutional framework of Singapore ⓘ
relatedTo Elected Presidency of Singapore ⓘ
role to provide independent advice to the President of Singapore ⓘ
scope matters specified in the Constitution of Singapore ⓘ
someMembersNominatedBy Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Singapore ⓘ
Chief Justice of Singapore ⓘ
Prime Minister of Singapore ⓘ
typeOfPowerAdvisedOn appointment powers ⓘ
fiscal powers ⓘ
veto powers ⓘ
worksWith Government of Singapore ⓘ
Monetary Authority of Singapore in fiscal and reserves-related matters ⓘ
Public Service Commission of Singapore ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cabinet of Singapore → relatedTo → Council of Presidential Advisers ⓘ
Chief Justice of Singapore → memberOf → Council of Presidential Advisers ⓘ
subject linked to: CJ of Singapore