Is the President merely a rubber stamp?

http://maverickbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/06/is-presidency-merely-rubber-stamp.html

Ultimately, I believe that Singaporeans are clear about their expectations of the role of the President. We know that the President has limited powers, but I also believe that we would like the President to be able to counsel the government through a process of engagement with the Prime Minister and his Cabinet and active deliberations of government decisions.

This engagement and deliberation would be predicated on the President having a good feel of the pulse of the ground, which should be the case since the President is after all elected by the people for the people.

And only if he can truly do that, can we honestly say that we have our next people’s president.