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In Singapore’s Election, All Eyes Are on the Margin of Victory, Not the Winner

Hassan Al Majid
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Like the last time that Singapore’s heroes elections is in the middle of a global crisis.

Five years ago, the ruling party was portrayed as the firm hand to guide the nation through the Coronavirus pandemic. The launch is the same this time, since President Trump changes the world commercial order.

And, as the last time, there is no doubt that the people’s action party, which has bone in power since 1959, will retain power. But Saturday’s choice will be proof of the popularity of the Gachas, which had its second sausage in 2020, as did a clear majority. It was a growing evidence of a desire for a competitive democracy in the city-state.

Now many political analysts agree that the opposition is gaining influence in Singapore. Many voters are not happy with the PAP response to the growing cost of living. Duration The campaign, the demonstrations for the main opposition party of the country, the Workers Party, were full and their merchandise was depleted. Even so, Pritam Singh, the party leader, struggled to ensure the public that the party was not disputing enough seats to form a government, but added that Singapore needed a more balanced political system.

“When you have opposition in Parliament, the government listens to your alternative voice,” Singh said in his games for the first time the rally last week.

“We must be active participants in our democracy,” he added.

The election could also end up being a referendum for change: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Tok, last year after the two -decades mandate of Lee Hsien Loong, son of the founding father of Singapore. Mr. Wong has said that navigating the commercial war and the US-China tensions “will lead people in the government that have accumulated confidence and close relations with their counterparts both in the United States and in China.”

He reiterated the same argument that his party has made for decades: that Gachas has a history of delivery and prosperity stability for this nation of almost six million, one of the richest per capita in the world.

The problem is that many Singapurenses average no longer feel prosperous. Singapore now has more millionaires than London. Although the average wealth has more than duplicated in the terms of local currencies, the average wealth has fallen 1.8 percent from 2008 to 2023, according to the Swiss Bank UBS.

In the last elections, the PAP won with one of the lowest actions in history and admitted a record of 10 seats to the opposition. Since then, the Government has reinforced social spending, giving assignments to those that are reduced and offers generous benefits of paternity. But he has continued to face discontent about the increase in the cost of living, the increase in sales tax twice and the decrease in housing affordability, the problems in which the opposition has achieved.

The opposition has widely criticized the PAP for celebrating one of the shortest campaign periods in the world, nine days, and for the argument to write the limits of the elections in the districts where they had achieved profits in the previous survey. The PAP rejected the claims, saying that the electoral limits review committee operates independently of the government.

In February, Mr. Singh was convicted of bedtime to Parliament, but the voters shrugged him. In a survey conducted by Blackbox Research in the weeks prior to the elections, Mr. Singh had an approach rating or 71 percent, more than seven points of the previous quarter. Mr. Wong was a touch ahead, with 75 percent.

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