unforgiven wrote:...I have been doing research about what the Singapore Constitution states.
If it is an issue for him to lose his X citizenship in future, then we may consider challenging ICA's requirement for him to renounce his other citizenship as the Constitution does not state that he has to. Whatever the case, we still have another 20 odd years before that happens.
i was wrong to think that the singapore constitution does not have constitutional supremacy. having said that, i have not read through the constitution in full.
still i am unsure if you can challenge the government in court over your son's right to be not deprived of his singapore citizenship because...
"...to give effect to the principle of constitutional supremacy, the courts have to exercise their powers of judicial review to ensure that legislations are not repugnant to the doctrines of rule of law and separation of powers, and are also not inconsistent with the Constitution. The courts have internal restrictions on their scope of judicial powers and will decline jurisdiction where they do not have the requisite expertise or where it is inappropriate for the courts to intervene. Ultimately, the courts should not develop an adversarial relationship with the Executive, but rather, adopt the “green-light”