If anyone is wondering which party will win Singapore¡¯s election on Friday, just listen to the opposition.
Pritam Singh, the leader of the country¡¯s only elected opposition party in Parliament, warned in June of a ¡°wipe out¡± that could see the sitting government win every seat. The Progress Singapore Party (PSP), founded by former ruling-party cadres, is more optimistic: It¡¯s urging voters to give the opposition just a third of parliamentary seats.
¡°There¡¯s no need to worry that the government will be voted out,¡± Leong Mun Wai, a top PSP official, told reporters during a virtual press briefing last month. ¡°This has been demonstrated again and again in our electoral history, to the frustration of many of my alternative camp colleagues.¡±
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