Challenges to Singapore in the real post-Lee Kuan Yew era

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in 2013. The social media news platform, which made its appearance in March of that year, was very active for nearly a year. After a short break, it came back but quickly hit the brakes again. It attempted to make a serious comeback in time for the General Elections in 2015. Unfortunately, I remember that thearticle it managed to publish for GE2015 was an article I wrote, which was supposed to be a kicker for our intended coverage of that election.

And that swingback possibly gave the ruling party the impression that the Opposition was on the defensive. Holding GE2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic – no physical rallies, etc. – was supposed to put the Opposition at a disadvantage. The surprising results? The Workers’ Party strengthened its hold in Aljunied GRC and Hougang and even won a new GRC – Sengkang. There is much to analyse from what has taken place in the past.

 

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