Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says he will hand leadership to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong by the next General Election, and before November 2024 “if all goes well”.
Singapore Prime Minister and People's Action Party secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong stands next to Deputy Prime Minister and PAP deputy secretary-general Lawrence Wong during the party cheer on Nov 5, 2023. SINGAPORE: Singapore can expect its next General Election to be called in 2024, political analysts told CNA after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday his timeline for
Dr Felix Tan from Nanyang Technological University noted that Sunday's announcement was “overdue” given how Mr Lee had been talking about handing over to the next generation of leaders for several years now. “That said, it could be argued that if he was truly confident in the 4G, he could have handed over the national security portfolio – defence, home affairs, foreign affairs – to them earlier, rather than have it still be run by 3G ministers.”'Crazy argument' to say Singapore doesn't need capable ministers because of good civil servants: PM Lee
As for the exact timing of the polls, Assoc Prof Tan said that if it does not happen after Budget 2024, it could fall at the end of the year, given his suspicions that Mr Lee will deliver his last National Day Rally speech in August. 'Embrace wider definitions of success': Forward SG report lays out roadmap for a new Singapore vision
Some 3G leaders are also expected to remain in politics as mentors to “demonstrate continuity amid change”, he added. And it is in response to changing demands among Singaporeans when it comes to political leadership and how policies should be made, said SMU’s Assoc Prof Tan. In his speech, Mr Wong also said the PAP must highlight the differences between its policies and those of the opposition, adding that in most areas the latter's proposals are"shades of the PAP's".
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