Since 1959 Singaporean politics has been dominated by the People’s Action Party (PAP) which has been in government. Singapore was expelled from the federation in 1965 after Lee Kuan Yew’s disagreements with the Federal Government in Kuala Lumpur.The Workers Party of Singapore and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) concurred that Singapore is a de facto one party state.
The Economist Intelligence Unit classes Singapore as a ‘hybrid’ country with authoritarian and democratic elements whereas Freedom House does not consider Singapore an ‘electoral democracy’ and ranks the country as ‘partly free’. Full story
