July 16, 2020 6:33 PMSINGAPORE: A resounding election win for Singapore’s perennial rulers has been tainted by concerns about a generational voter shift that could in time weaken the People’s Action Party’s unyielding grip on power.
This has prompted analysts to consider whether a long-term decline in the PAP’s support is underway — a trend that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and others have warned could unnerve foreign investors drawn to Singapore’s political stability. In the wake of Friday’s election, senior PAP figures promised “soul-searching”, while editorials in pro-government media called for a change to the PAP’s paternalistic approach and combative political tactics, and a leadership with stronger links to the people.
In one of them, Sengkang, a relatively-youthful voter base picked a slate of mainly new candidates, including Singapore’s youngest ever elected MP at 26, over experienced political office holders. But Blackbox said the biggest vote shift was towards the new Progress Singapore Party , headed by an ex-PAP stalwart, which narrowly missed out on seats but garnered 10% of ballots.
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