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SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 situation and its impact on the economy are likely to worsen, and ensuring that Singapore can focus on overcoming the challenges is a major factor in deciding when to hold the general election, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday (March 11).
“If you have big challenges ahead, then surely you want to be able to spend time on these challenges. Therefore the key question is, will the challenges be greater now or will the challenges be greater a year from now?”
“So it depends on our assessment of the situation and I’m discussing (this) with the PM. PM will set out his thinking,” Mr Heng said, referring to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
DPM Heng, who is also the Finance Minister, was speaking to reporters of Singapore Press Holdings, at a roundtable organised by The Straits Times and The Business Times, and in an interview with SPH radio station Money FM 89.3.
He had been asked about the timing of the next general election, which is due by April 2021.
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