WP chief Pritam says him becoming PM is not 'realistic' in Singapore's 'fledgling' political system
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Will Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh one day be the prime minister of Singapore?Don't hold your breath waiting.Leader of the Opposition Singh has shut down the notion once again in an interview with Yah Lah But podcast hosts Haresh Tilani and Terence CWP chief Pritam says him becoming PM is not 'realistic' in Singapore's 'fledgling' political system
Will Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh one day be the prime minister of Singapore?Don't hold your breath waiting.Leader of the Opposition Singh has shut down the notion once again in an interview with Yah Lah But podcast hosts Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia, which was uploaded to YouTube on Monday (Aug 25).Earlier in June, Singh appeared on Malaysian political podcast Keluar Sekejap, where he said he would not want to be prime minister, and that he has a role of «[normalising] the idea of an opposition in Singapore».Asked to elaborate on the reasons why, Singh said on the Yah Lah But podcast that the Republic's political system is «evolving» and «still fledgling» in terms of opposition presence.«You can't crawl and then straight away become Usain Bolt... it doesn't happen that way,» he quipped.Singh noted how the formal position of Leader of the Opposition was only introduced here in 2020, despite it being an official title in «practically all parliamentary democracies» modelled after the Westminster system. Read more
