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New PAP leader will need to rally party and country: Analysts
As Singapore's fourth generation (4G) political office-holders deliberate over their next leader, The Straits Times looks at the challenges facing the presumptive successor to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and the traits needed to handle them.
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Posters of candidates from the People’s Action Party and Workers’ Party in Sengkang GRC ahead of last year’s General Election.
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SINGAPORE - Ever since Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said he would step aside for a younger person to lead the People's Action Party's fourth-generation team, speculation has been rife about factionalism within the ruling party.
The ideal outcome, for the greater good of the party, would be to select a leader who clearly commands the confidence of his colleagues, say observers.
