Resignations hit Singapore ruling partySIX-DECADE RULE: Tan Chuan-jin’s resignation as speaker comes at a risky time for the PAP, which is battling voter unhappiness and navigating a leadership successionBloombergSingapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has been rocked by two unexpected resignations, including that of parliament speaker Tan Chuan-jin (陳川仁), further fueling one of the biggest political crises in the city-state’s history. Once seen as a potential prime ministerial candidate by political observers, Tan, 54, stepped down from positions in government and the party, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (李顯龍) said in a statement yesterday. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2019. “For me personally, this recent episode has added to the hurt I have caused my family,” Tan wrote in the letter published by the Singaporean Prime Minister’s Office. “It seems here now that when it rains, it pours,” said Eugene Tan, a law professor at Singapore Management University.

Source: Taipei Times July 17, 2023 22:14 UTC