Singapore GE2020: 3-way fights inevitable with record 12 opposition parties, say observers singaporevotes
Singapore could see more three-cornered fights in the 2020 General Election, with a record 12 opposition parties looking to enter the fray. As of yesterday, overlapping claims have yet to be resolved in at least four constituencies.
The PSP and RP had earlier clashed over West Coast GRC, which includes the Ayer Rajah ward where PSP chief Tan Cheng Bock was the PAP MP for six terms. Early yesterday morning, the RP, which contested West Coast in 2011 and 2015, said it would step aside after negotiations with the PSP. "Even though there are a couple of GRCs with potential multi-cornered fights, my sense is once Nomination Day comes, the GRCs will likely be one-to-one fights."Associate Professor Bilveer Singh from the National University of Singapore's political science department agreed that three-or even four-cornered fights are inevitable.
He noted that the much-hyped notion of an opposition coalition akin to Malaysia's Pakatan Harapan never materialised. Conflicts over ideologies and issues doomed this effort from the start, he added. "There is not that much time if campaign collateral has to be produced, so I expect this to take place in the next day or two, if at all," she said."It will be quite significant if no such meeting takes place. We will most definitely be in new territory with regard to opposition politics in Singapore if that is so."
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