Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on November 11 suggested a general election may be held next year, a year earlier than the end of his government's mandate.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Source: AFP/VNA)
Singapore (VNA) - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on November 11 suggesteda general election may be held next year, a year earlier than the end of hisgovernment's mandate.
Speaking at thePeople's Action Party (PAP)’s annual conference, Lee said it may be the lastparty conference before the next general election. He stressed the PAP mustmake a convincing win at the election.
The PAP hasdominated Singapore's politics over the five decades since the republic'sindependence, winning all the elections with significant majorities.
The annual conferenceelected a new Central Executive Committee bringing into its top ranks youngcabinet ministers. Seven senior party members who have led the party andgovernment, including the two current deputy prime ministers, retired from thecommittee.
Lee, the eldestson of Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, said he was ready to step downin the next couple of years, but no clear successor has been chosen.-VNA
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Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Source: AFP/VNA) 
