SMU Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan commented that the Punggol East by-election would be a race between the People’s Action Party and Worker’s Party (WP). He pointed out that the 2011 General Election revealed that opposition supporters were inclined towards voting for the stronger opposition party. He also commented that the other opposition parties may have joined the election with the intention of attempting to curb WP’s growing influence, given its current status as the strongest opposition party in Singapore.
Lianhe Wanbao