Reserved EP for Malays – A status report

So far from all that we know, 3 candidates, Halimah Yacob, Salleh
Marican and Farid Khan, are the likely candidates for the EP. And if I
am not mistaken, all 3 candidates are likely to have ‘Indian’ recorded
in their BCs or ICs as their race. I may be wrong, but does it matter if
this is the case?
 
We are going to have a reserved EP specially created just to elect a
Malay to be the