As at June 3, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee had not been convened, said the Elections Department.
SINGAPORE - Speculation has been rife that the next general election may be called as early as September 2024, but the first step to the polls has not been taken, with the committee that sets out the battleground still not formed.
All this has prompted questions about whether a September election is imminent, and there is even a Whatsapp message circulating with claims that the poll will be held on Sept 6. During SM Lee’s tenure as prime minister, the committee’s formation had always been announced. However, this was not the practice historically and there is no requirement for prime ministers to do so. Under prime ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, the fact that the committee had been set up was kept under wraps until its report was released.
National University of Singapore Associate Professor of Sociology Tan Ern Ser said: “If the relevant data are already available, I don’t see why the electoral map can’t be ready by end-July, if the EBRC is convened by early June.” Once the electoral divisions are mapped out, the committee submits its report to the Prime Minister, who then has to accept the report and send it to Parliament. The changes are then gazetted, and this is when political parties and the general public come to know of the new electoral boundaries.CAAS chief Han Kok Juan appointed Returning Officer for S'pore elections
To this end, a September election makes sense as it follows a month of events in August - such as National Day on August 9 and the National Day Rally later in the month - aimed at “strengthening our sense of being a nation, having a common purpose, Singapore flying high, if not higher”, he said.
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