Holding Singapore polls during pandemic harms fairness, rights group says

With Singapore looking set to hold its general election in July, rights group ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights have said that going to the polls during a pandemic will only worsen an electoral process already skewed in favour of the ruling People's Action Party.

Human rights group ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights have released a report labelling Singapore’s upcoming elections as neither free nor fair, also claiming that holding them while the country is dealing with a pandemic will only exacerbate electoral inequalities.

The report also describes how electoral boundaries are drawn at the discretion of the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – arguing that the ability to redraw electoral boundaries and call for an election at short notice is also not conducive for political opponents to rally and campaign.

The entire system is heavily weighted in favour of the PAP. There’s a reason they’ve won every election the country has held since it achieved self-governance in 1959

This article was written by LEE YING SHAN

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