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Opposition alliance in S’pore: Political reality or pipe dream?

If history is anything to go by, coming together will be the least challenging part of the new People’s Alliance’s political journey

Peoples Voice, Reform Party, People’s Power Party and Democratic Progressive Party announced on June 1 they were forming an alliance. PHOTOS: PEOPLES VOICE, REFORM PARTY, PEOPLE'S POWER PARTY, DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY
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SINGAPORE - On June 1, four opposition parties here – Peoples Voice (PV), Reform Party, People’s Power Party and Democratic Progressive Party – announced they were forming a new People’s Alliance ahead of the next general election, which must be called by November 2025.

This came just days after the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) said at a press conference that it will “proactively facilitate” the forming of an opposition alliance.

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