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SINGAPORE – The countdown to the general election has officially begun, with the setting up of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC).
The committee is tasked with drawing up the electoral divisions, and sets the stage for the election.
As there is no requirement for the Prime Minister to announce the formation of the committee, MPs – particularly opposition MPs – have taken to filing parliamentary questions about it.
The most recent was in July when Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh asked Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong if the committee had been set up. Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing, replying on PM Lee’s behalf, said the committee had not been appointed yet.
But there had been signs the committee was in the offing.
First, the voter rolls were certified in April. This usually happens before the committee is set up to ensure it has the latest population numbers when deliberating on the boundaries of the constituencies.
Second, the boundaries of polling districts were changed and gazetted in March. This was done to ensure no polling station handled too many or too few voters.
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