The Presidential Election 2023 race is shaping up to be an interesting one. While everyone knows about notable candidates like Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Harvey Norman Ossia founder George Goh, an unlikely new challenger may have just joined the competition.
On the 27 June, a man by the name of Teo En Ming obtained the necessary application forms needed to run in the Presidential Election from the Elections Department of Singapore, announcing his plans to contest Singapore’s presidential election.
Relatively foreign to the world of politics or big business, “Turritopsis Dohrnii” Teo En Ming may take the spot as Singapore’s strangest potential presidential candidate.
Here’s who Teo En Ming is, and why his name sounds so familiar.
Teo En Ming’s Aspires to Become Commander-in-Chief of the SAF If He Wins Presidential Race
While Tharman has expressed his interest in becoming a referee of sorts should he become President while George Goh might is interested in some chains, Teo En Ming kicks things up a notch in his dream to become potential President and Commander-in-Chief of the Singapore Armed forces.
If that role… even exists.
In the US, however, the President is, indeed, the Command-in-Chief of the army.
He has also made a bold declaration to defend the Constitution of Singapore should he ever assume the role of Singapore’s “Commander-in-Chief”.
Here’s a video showing that he has collected the forms to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility:
@teo.en.mingI want to contest in the Presidential Elections 2023
You can watch a TikTok video of him announcing his candidacy here:
@teo.en.mingTeo En Ming wants to contest in the Presidential Elections 2023♬ original sound – TurritopsisDohrnii Teo En Ming
He definitely has the spirit.
“Turritopsis Dohrnii” Teo Previously Known For His Other Dream of Being A JAV Actor
If the name Teo En Ming sounds familiar, it’s because he first made his rounds on the internet back in 2017 and 2018 for his strange name and even stranger dreams.
He is also somewhat of a celebrity on Hardwarezone forums as well.
“Turritopsis Dohrnii”, which is apparently part of Teo’s full legal name, is the scientific name of a species of Immortal Jellyfish.
This must be the source of his indomitable spirit to achieve the most eccentric of goals.
“Turritopsis Dohrnii” Teo has been featured in interviews by media outlets such as Rice Media, putting himself out there as a man with a mission to become a Japanese Adult Video (JAV) Actor.
While has not yet achieved his dream, he has done other things to fulfil his fantasies by taking an obsessive number of photos with cosplayers who are often dressed in revealing outfits.
Genuine Promise or Just Internet Trolling? Teo May Not Be Entirely Eligible For Presidential Race
While there have been instances of celebrities joining the presidential elections for the sake of clout, such as Kanye West in the 2020 presidential election, it is unknown whether Teo is genuine in his intentions to run for president.
Despite Teo’s grand aspirations of becoming “Commander-in-Chief”, his career as a civilian IT consultant means that he will have to go for the private candidate route.
To run as a private candidate, an individual has to be a chief executive of a company for at least 3 years, with the company making profits and having a shareholder’s equity of at least $500 million.
While Teo may have a stable job and income, he is nowhere near the eligibility criteria to run for president (even if he submits the completed application forms he received).
Even George Goh might not qualify; you can watch this video to know more:
Even then, with the spirit of an immortal jellyfish, it doesn’t seem like Teo En Ming aims to give up any time soon.
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