Strong Ruling Party With Clear Majority

In The Straits Times' 27 May 2019  article entitled Singapore must have strong ruling party with clear majority: Goh Chok Tong Mr Goh hoped that the party in charge must have a clear majority of seats, meaning 75 to 80 per cent of the seats in Parliament.

Would he have similarly hoped if his People's Action Party was the opposition party?

The journalist from Lianhe Zaobao apparently failed, or seemed to have failed, to ask him this very important question.


Mr Goh also said that group representation constituencies ("GRCs") were a "stabiliser".

GRCs force candidates standing for parliamentary election into groups of three, four, five or even six. It is a uniquely Singapore concept conceived by PAP. Although its stated objective is to ensure that minority races are represented in parliament (one candidate in each GRC must be from a minority i.e., non-ethnic-Chinese race), it makes it difficult, though not impossible, for opposition parties to win GRCs.