On the future of Singapore politics, SMU Assistant Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan commented that it might not be safe to simply extrapolate based on the results of the 2011 polls, pointing to 1991 - when the opposition won four seats - as a "false political dawn". He said that Singapore will ultimately get to a two-party system, but that the timeline could change drastically, depending on whether the PAP is able to stem the electoral slide at the next general election. SMU Assistant Professor of Law Jack Lee said that with the PAP's loss of Aljunied GRC, "it no longer looks impossible for opposition parties to contest GRCs successfully". When asked late last year if the PAP would remain dominant in the years to come, he said: "I don't know. The question is, will there be a stable consensus in the society on the direction we want to go? If there is, then there can be one party which has got a strong mandate and can work on behalf of Singaporeans effectively."
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The Straits Times
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