SMU Assistant Professor and NMP Eugene Tan commented that having more than one election would significantly reduce the focus on Hougang and enable the PAP to widen their agenda of issues to voters. According to him, leadership renewal is among the issues that could be presented by the PAP. He believed that the writ for a by-election in Hougang will be issued in May or June, and that the by-election will take place in the fourth quarter of this year. He explained that a longer timeframe would give the PAP more time to work towards gaining the best results in an area that has been the Workers' Party political base since 1991.
Berita Harian