著者

野畑 健太郎

出版者

和歌山県立医科大学

雑誌

紀要 (ISSN:03852741)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, pp.11-23, 1997

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On 18 May 1988 in Singapore, the Constitution of Singapore (Amendment) Act and the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act 1988, to ensure the representation in Parliament of members of the Malay and other minority communities, were passed by Paliment. Under the new constitutional provision (Article 39A of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore), the Legislature may make provision for "any constituency to be declared by the President……as a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) to enable any election in that constituency to be held on a basis of a group of 3 candidates". Furthermore, "at least one of the 3 candidates in every group shall be a person belonging to the Malay" or "Indian or other minority communities". The matters I will consider in this paper are as follows. The role and task of the GRC system, which was reinforced in 1991 and 1996, to elect Team MPs or MPs on a group basis in some constituencies, and the essence of the GRC system to entrench the idea of multi-ratialism in the written constitution, in relation to the result of the General Elections of (1988, 1991 and) 1997.