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With submissions closed, the Special Select Committee will consult elected MPs and seek their views on the nominees and assess the applications.<\/p>\n
The committee will meet to interview the candidates over the course of a few days, before discussing and agreeing on the final nominations for appointment by the president as NMPs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe persons to be nominated by the committee shall be persons who have rendered distinguished public service, or who have brought honour to the Republic, or who have distinguished themselves in the field of arts and letters, sports, culture, the sciences, business, industry, the professions, social or community service or the labour movement,\u201d the Office of the Clerk of Parliament said previously.<\/p>\n
It will then submit a list to the president and publish its report to parliament.<\/p>\n
Those proposed will then be appointed by the president as NMPs, before taking oaths of allegiance during a parliamentary sitting.<\/p>\n
Under the Constitution, a person can qualify to be an NMP if they are a Singapore citizen aged 21 or above, their name appears on the current register of electors, has been a resident in Singapore for a period of not less than 10 years and is a resident on the date of their nomination for the role.<\/p>\n
They should also be able to take an “active part in the proceedings of parliament”, to speak and write at least one of the country’s official languages, the office said.<\/p>\n
The nominated person should also not have been disqualified from being a MP under the Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n