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With GE2011 over, I am as disppointed as anyone who is an opposition supporter, at the lack of inroads made with the exception of WP in Hougang and Aljunied. From my perspective, one reason is the fractured nature of the opposition (with 6 different parties) and weak and inpersistent efforts at the grassroots level. One telling... 

Anwar Ibrahim is the former Dy Prime Minister of Malaysia From Anwar Ibrahim, via e-mail Congratulations to the Workers’ Party and the other opposition parties of Singapore for their sterling performance in Saturday’s elections even as the PAP continues to maintain a stranglehold in Parliament with 81 out of 87 seats. However,... 

GE 2011 is a watershed election in the history of Singapore. Though the PAP was returned to power with its two-third majority intact, its percentage of votes dropped to 60.1 percent, the lowest since Singapore's independence. It also lost a GRC for the first time since the system was introduced in 1988. Despite increasing their...