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Singapore Goes to the Polls Amid Pandemic

People’s Action Party hopes voters validate their efforts

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John Berthelsen
Jul 09, 2020
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Singaporeans are to go to the polls tomorrow – in person, not electronically to protect themselves in the middle of a Coronavirus pandemic that has sickened 45,000 people – with a flagging economy, with members of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s family publicly opposing the government and with more criticism on social media than ever before.

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