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They are not from singapore, which makes them still a part of their home country, Running for presidency might pose a threat to the country as they might have a hidden agenda.

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People who are naturalised citizens should be allowed to run for Presidency. The people have considered the country to be their home by spending most of their lives there.

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The Presidency is the highest office in the land and it is reasonable for society to require particular standards of those who wish to fill it. It requires someone to be unquestionably dedicated to the country.
Naturalised citizens may also influence the politics in Singapore or make deals that benefits their home country.

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Conflicts of dual loyalties even if they do not possess dual citizenship.

Immigrant workers who stayed for a long time e.g. for the whole of 52 years decide to run for presidency, there will be conflicts as the person may have to deal with their original country.

When he becomes a political leader and has to play along with the other country and will be extremely detrimental if it poses no favour to the country of presidency.

The intent of the law was to stop people from immigrating to the young country and then try to influence politics in a way that would provide their home country some level of benefit.

It has always been the job of our government to protect and serve the people and since many of the people would feel uncomfortable with someone who was not born in this country becoming its leader and (arguably) the most influential man in the world.

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Naturalised citizens are the same as the natural-borned citizen as they have pledged to the Flag and nation, share the same spirit, patriotism and loyalty, hence they should be allowed to run for Presidency.

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I agree. Naturalised citizens have stayed in the country for very long. These citizens usually work here and in turn, has helped Singapore's economy to bloom. They also pay taxes like an ordinary citizen would. Thus, I think these citizens should have the same benefits of being able to run for president like an ordinary citizen would.

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I agree. Naturalised citizens have stayed in the country for very long. These citizens usually work here and in turn, has helped Singapore's economy to bloom. They also pay taxes like an ordinary citizen would. Thus, I think these citizens should have the same benefits of being able to run for president like an ordinary citizen would.

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Even though they might have sworn loyalty to Singapore, we cannot tell if they are truly loyal to our country or not.

For example,Mariano Faget, an acting deputy director with 34 years of service with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service office here, was convicted of disclosing official secrets

With the fact that the president will have a say in the making of Singapore, finances, secrets and more. If the naturalised president is actually not loyal to Singapore, Singapore will lose out.

Therefore, I feel that naturalised Citizens should not be allowed to run for president.

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Naturalised citizens should have the right to run for presidency as they have gone through the effort of application. Most of Singapore's citizens descended from naturalised citizens in the past that migrated to Singapore. Naturalised citizens are like a new generation of migrators from other countries seeking to settle down in Singapore like the people of the past. They should be allowed to run for presidency.

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Naturalised citizens are still citizens of the country too. If they are not able to run for Presidency, that is equivalent to taking their rights from there. Furthermore, if it is because you can't trust a naturalised citizen as they weren't originally from your country, then what makes you so sure you can actually trust someone because they are from your country.

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Allowing a naturalized citizen to run for presidency leaves the authority of running a country in the hands of a 'non singaporean' , this might cause some tension amongst citizens as they might not fully trust or wish to trust a 'non singaporean' For a 'non singaporean' to lead and protect a country, he might not have the sense of identity to put in all his effort to lead the country.
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The intent of the law was to stop people from immigrating to the young country and then try to influence politics in a way that would provide their home country some level of benefit.

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No. Naturalised citizens shouldn't be allowed to run for presidency despite the amount of time they spend in the country. Being a president means to lead the country and having someone who did not originate from the country is extremely unsettling.
There must be standards set for being the president and it can't be anyone who only obtained citizenship by spending time here. If they did become president however, there might be issues there are conflicts between countries, especially if the conflict occurs between his home country and his birth country.

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I think its a fundamentally bad idea. There is no shortage of qualified individuals born here that could effectively lead us. Allowing naturalised citizens to hold that office only creates potential conflicts of interests, I just don't see any benefit.

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There is a few fees, totalling $180 per person that is involved to become a naturalized citizen, and natural-born citizens never have to pay that much, but the money is a lot. Overall, the requirements to become naturalized are pretty hard, and when you take the oath, you pledge your loyalty to Singapore before pledging to any other country.
With this, the citizen is already helping the country in the growth.

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People who are naturalised citizens should be allowed to run for Presidency. The people have considered the country to be their home by spending most of their lives there.

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I disagree that naturalised citizenship should be allowed to run for presidency.
Although these people live in Singapore for quite a long time and call themselves citizens of Singapore, their place of birth is not in Singapore.
If our president is a naturalised citizen, it will only encourage immigrants to migrate to Singapore and live there and become citizens of Singapore. Instead, we should have a president who is born and raised in Singapore as our role model to represent our country.
Therefore naturalised citizens should not be allowed to run for presidency.

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Only a citizen by birth should be allow as that person has lived in the country for his entire life and has the loyalty to that certain country , proving that they should be allow to run for president. Naturalised citizens are by choice and it is them choosing that they do not want to live there , choosing somewhere else , by that country already accepting his choice he should  follow his rules and not be allowed to run for president.

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Since naturalised citizens are given their citizenships after staying here for extended periods of time also have the same experience as many other citizens. These citizens have also renounced their previous citizenships as Singapore does not allow dual citizenship.

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No. As allowing a "non Singaporean" citizen to have the highest authority and to run the country may be dangerous. As they were not born and raised in Singapore, their feeling and motivation to run Singapore well may not be as strong as Singaporeans and they may end up betraying the country as well. Citizens of Singapore may also feel betrayed  and worried if a non-Singaporean citizen is running the country and other countries may also start to lose trust in Singapore

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Naturalisation is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. Naturalised citizens may also have put in a lot of time and effort into the country to be able to get a citizenship. Therefore, they should be allowed to run for presidency as it will be more fair for the people who are loyal to the country and have contributed to the country.

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The people are born in another country, making them not 'real' citizens of that country. Just because they live in another country for a long time, they may also still not be used to the law and if they run for presidency, they may change the laws until it is very rojak that citizens of that place cannot take it.

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Naturalised citizens have been living in the country for many years.They would want to continue improving Singapore.The process of applying for a citizenship is not easy.Also most of the citizens of Singapore are naturalised and they have been working hard to build up the nation.As such, they should also have the same rights of an ordinary citizen and be allowed to run for president.

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As the naturalised citizens, they should not be allowed to run for presidency as they are still part of their home town or where they come from. They might have hidden agendas behind their reason for running for presidece

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As the naturalised Citizens are basically foreign talent whom might have hidden agendas from their own government.Also, some issues may be sensitive to them such as the issues of to many foreign workers in our country.
These people also may not have the required knowledge and local culture to know how to deal with the people of Singapore. Thus,  I think Naturalised Citizens should not be allowed to run for presidency.

However, they could produce good ideas from the way people do things in their own homeland and port over the skills and aid the country.