Asia Sentinel

Asia Sentinel

Share this post

Asia Sentinel
Asia Sentinel
Politics, not Elections, will Change Singapore
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

Politics, not Elections, will Change Singapore

Asia Sentinel's avatar
Asia Sentinel
Sep 04, 2015
∙ Paid

Share this post

Asia Sentinel
Asia Sentinel
Politics, not Elections, will Change Singapore
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

On August 25, Singapore’s President Tony Tan officially dissolved the parliament, triggering early elections. While these elections, by law, could have waited until January 2017, 2015 is particularly advantageous for the incumbent People’s Action Party.

The death of the ruling party’s founder and first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, on March 23 was follow…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Asia Sentinel
Publisher Privacy
Substack
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More