Singapore GE2020: Opposition leaders say they have not ignored Covid-19

Opposition leaders yesterday pushed back on suggestions from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that they had ignored the Covid-19 crisis during their campaigning - pointing out the parts of their plans that are related to the crisis while also reiterating their objections to having an election during a pandemic.

During a lunchtime rally yesterday, PM Lee had urged Singaporeans to give the PAP a strong mandate to deal with the uncertainties ahead. He said the opposition had been campaigning as if Covid-19 did not exist, and were recycling policy ideas in their manifestos. Dr Tan also said yesterday it was important that the crisis is not seen solely as the PAP's problem to solve.

"If he's talking about the economic front, then I think he's sadly mistaken," said Dr Chee."Because that's what we've been talking about with our 4Y1N campaign... The one thing we know that we can do is to make sure, through these measures we propose, to put as much money into the pockets of Singaporeans as possible, and to make sure we sustain them financially...

"Right now, the Budget that the PAP has passed, that is all for the immediate future. What happens when we go beyond the Covid-19 period... and this is where we want to mandate, legislate retrenchment benefits, we want to entrench income for the elderly, we want to legislate minimum wage," he said. In its Facebook posts, the party had questioned the Government on the initial lack of social distancing measures and work-from-home measures, and pushed for the mandatory wearing of masks, he added."We saw the disastrous path the PAP was taking. We were the only party that called them out," said Mr Lim.

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