Singaporeans vote in polls expected to return ruling party

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Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party to power.

The opposition has said it does not want to govern, but urged the 2.65 million eligible voters to reduce the PAP’s overwhelming majority in parliament and deny it a “blank check.”

Retiree Dennis Phua, 74 , said the vote shouldn’t have been rushed as the PAP’s five-year mandate would last to April next year. He hopes for louder opposition voices in parliament so the PAP wont be “so arrogant.” Singapore’s election follows polls in Mongolia last month and in South Korea in April, when governing parties in both countries scored resounding victories.

 

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