Public submissions are open for next term’s Nominated Members of Parliament (NMP).The current term ends in September, and The Straits Times has previously reported that at least half of the current nine NMPs are likely to step down then. What do Singaporeans want to see in an NMP? What does it take to be an NMP? Political analyst Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Fellow of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and Associate Editor of the institute’s journal Contemporary Southeast Asia, tells us more.