FrontlineLooking beyond these simple ground realities, the younger Lee has emphasised that the latest general election should be seen as a watershed in the city-state's political history. Despite the old-fashioned ways of looking at Singapore's politics of single-party dominance, the new realities this time were the spirited campaign by several opposition parties and the convincing victory for one of them, the Workers' Party (W.P.), in a solitary group representation constituency (GRC). W.P. leader Low Thia Khiang portrayed the first such gain as a political breakthrough and as a reflection of the people's assessment of his party as a “rational, responsible and credible” outfit. Full story
