Bangkok Post, 13 Dec 2012
Singapore opposition parties urged Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Thursday to call a by-election after the parliamentary Speaker abruptly resigned due to an extramarital affair.
The calls came less than 24 hours after Michael Palmer, 44, publicly confessed and announced his resignation from his parliamentary seat and membership of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP).
By law, the decision to call a by-election is made wholly at the prime minister's discretion.
Lee however gave no indication of his intentions in a Facebook post.
"The Constitution does not require me to call a by-election within any fixed time frame," Lee said on his Facebook page late Wednesday. Full story
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