{"id":23075,"date":"2025-05-03T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-singapores-election-a-blow-to-the-fledgling-opposition\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T19:00:16","slug":"in-singapores-election-a-blow-to-the-fledgling-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-singapores-election-a-blow-to-the-fledgling-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"In Singapore\u2019s Election, a Blow to the Fledgling Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The last time Singapore held elections, it was in the throes of a global crisis. That is also true today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Five years ago, the governing party portrayed itself as the steady hand to guide the nation through the coronavirus pandemic. The pitch is the same this time, only with a different catalyst: President Trump\u2019s upending of the international trade order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The People\u2019s Action Party, which has been in power <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlb.gov.sg\/main\/article-detail?cmsuuid=1b1f20c7-d8b6-4ee2-a0bc-90eaf7828da7#:~:text=30%20May%201959%3A%20PAP%20wins,fully%20elected%20government%20in%20Singapore.&amp;text=5%20Jun%201959%3A%20PAP%20forms,with%20Lee%20as%20prime%20minister.&amp;text=Jul%201961%3A%20Left%2Dwing%20PAP,are%20expelled%20from%20the%20party.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">since 1959<\/a>, improved its vote share markedly on Saturday, an emphatic victory for a party that had a near record-low showing in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There was no doubt that the party would retain office. But this year\u2019s election was viewed as a test of its popularity, because the previous poll was seen as growing evidence of a desire for a competitive democracy in the city-state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeople voted for stability,\u201d said Inderjit Singh, a former P.A.P. lawmaker. \u201cOn the backdrop of the trade war and the tariff issues, Singaporeans bought into the strategy of the P.A.P. \u2014 that \u2018We don\u2019t want to take a risk with our votes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Singapore\u2019s economy is highly dependent on international trade, with a trade-to-GDP ratio of more than <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moe.gov.sg\/sgis\/sponsoring-organisations\/industries\/international-trade\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">300 percent<\/a>, nearly five times the global average. Situated along the Straits of Malacca, one of the world\u2019s major shipping lanes, Singapore\u2019s port ranks among the world\u2019s busiest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The P.A.P. won 87 out of 97 seats in Parliament and its share of the popular vote rose to 65.6 percent, from 61.2 percent at the last election, in 2020. Of the 11 opposition parties, including two independent candidates, only the main opposition party, the Workers\u2019 Party, won seats, sending 10 representatives to Parliament, the same number as in the 2020 vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The results stunned many political analysts who had believed that the opposition was gaining clout in Singapore, with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/14\/world\/asia\/singapore-lee-prime-minister-retire.html\" title=\"\">voters unhappy about the P.A.P.\u2019s response<\/a> to the rising cost of living. During the campaign, rallies for the Workers\u2019 Party were packed. Still, Pritam Singh, its leader, took pains to assure the public that his party was not contesting enough seats to form a government, merely that Singapore needed a more balanced political system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLike many Singaporeans, I would like to see more robust debates in Parliament, with more representation from diverse voices,\u201d said Steven Yeong, 54, who has been unemployed for six months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The results represented an endorsement of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year after the two-decade tenure of Lee Hsien Loong, a son of Singapore\u2019s founding father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are grateful, once again, for your strong mandate, and we will honor it,\u201d Mr. Wong said, as he addressed voters. \u201cWe will honor the trust that you have given to us by working even harder for all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The election outcome was a vindication of Mr. Wong\u2019s argument, the same one that his party has made for decades: that the P.A.P. has a track record of delivering stability and prosperity to this nation of nearly six million, one of the world\u2019s richest per capita.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Wong has said that navigating the trade war and U.S.-China tensions \u201cwill take people in government who have built up trust and close relationships with their counterparts in both America and China.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He has warned that the tariffs imposed by the United States will hurt Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat this election shows is that when the external threats are so salient and so dramatic, it makes Singaporeans more conscious of the fact that the world is a difficult and sometimes ugly place,\u201d said Cherian George, who has written books on Singapore politics. \u201cAnd that perhaps increases their sense of gratitude for a more generally capable and stable government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many had believed that the P. A.P\u2019s hold on power would weaken because many average Singaporeans increasingly say they no longer feel prosperous. Singapore now has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/singapore\/singapore-has-more-millionaires-london-report\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more millionaires<\/a> than London. But while average wealth has more than doubled in local currency terms, median wealth has fallen 1.8 percent from 2008 to 2023, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/business\/s-pore-had-more-than-333000-millionaires-or-06-per-cent-of-the-world-s-millionaires-in-2023\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Swiss bank UBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMy concern is that the government is bringing the country up but it\u2019s also leaving a lot of people behind,\u201d said Kris Tan, 44, a personal trainer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> Mr. Tan said he was worried about his children\u2019s future, particularly about the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Tan said he was also concerned about elitism, which he says is getting more obvious with regards to the upper echelons of the government compared to the people.\u201d He noted the million-dollar salaries that the country\u2019s ministers earn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> Since the last election, the government has bolstered social spending, giving temporary financial support to people who have been laid off and offering vouchers to help with daily expenses. But it has continued to face discontent over increases in the sales tax and declining housing affordability, issues that the opposition has seized on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The opposition has widely criticized the P.A.P. for holding one of the world\u2019s shortest campaign periods \u2014 nine days \u2014 and for gerrymandering by redrawing election boundaries in districts where they had made gains in the previous poll. The P.A.P. rejected the assertions, saying that a committee that reviews electoral boundaries operates independently of the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/02\/world\/asia\/singapore-election-pap-workers.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time Singapore held elections, it was in the throes of a global crisis. 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