Tan Cheng Bock v AG [2017] SGCA 50 Presidency which was undertaken that year. On 27 January 2016, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (“PM Lee”) announced his intention to establish a Constitutional Commission (“Commission”) to study and recommend changes to three aspects of the Elected Presidency, one of which was the representation of minority races in the Presidency. The Commission was appointed on 10 February 2016. After a national consultation process, the Commission issued its report dated 17 August 2016 (“Commission’s Report” or “Report”). In its Report, the Commission recommended a number of measures to address the concerns that had been identified in its terms of reference. Among these was what it called a “hiatus-triggered” safeguard to ensure that the office of the President would from time to time be held by members of all the principal racial communities in Singapore. This would later be given effect in the form of Art 19B(1) of the Constitution. 17 On 15 September 2016, the Government issued a White Paper (Review of Specific Aspects of the Elected Presidency) (15 September 2016) (“White Paper”), in which it indicated that it agreed in broad terms with the recommendations of the Commission. The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill (Bill 28 of 2016) (“2016 Bill”), which included Arts 19B(1) and 164, was first read in Parliament on 10 October 2016 and debated from 7 to 9 November 2016 during its second reading. As mentioned, Parliament passed the 2016 Bill on 9 November 2016. It received the assent of President Tan on 21 December 2016 and came into operation on 1 April 2017. This date is referred to as the “appointed date” in Art 164 and we use that term in the same way. 18 Following that, the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill (Bill 2 of 2017) (“PE(A) Bill”) was read in Parliament on 9 January 2017. It was debated 8