Sense And Nonsense by Tan Bah Bah
The possibility of Lee Kuan Yew’s second son becoming President of Singapore is game-changingly exciting and will be seen as one of the checks and balances that many Singaporeans think will steer the country to a better and more dynamic future. Bloomberg News on March 3 reported Lee Hsien Yang as saying he would consider contesting the upcoming presidential election, which is expected to be called by September 2023.
“There is a view that depending on who they float, if I were to run they would be in serious trouble and could lose,” Lee said. “A lot of people have come to me. They really want me to run. It’s something I would consider.”Up to now, no one elsewhere knows who any of the Singapore presidents was or is. That has not been helped by the fact that our 4G political leaders themselves have been largely cookie-cutter.
In 2020, Hsien Yang took to the heartlands in support of ex-PAP veteran Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Progress Singapore Party, in the constituencies being contested by the PSP. I believe he made a big difference. Overall, the PSP fared well, losing by respectable margins which were unusual for a brand-new party. For example, newcomer Kumaran Pillai had 37.08 per cent in a PAP stronghold nurtured for years by former NTUC Secretary-General Lim Boon Heng who later became Temasek Holdings Chairman.
Hsien Yang made a difference as he walked the ground with Kumaran. He knew how to campaign which was not surprising given that he is Lee Kuan Yew’s son. If what Hsien Yang said was true about senior PAP figures urging him to stand for the Presidency, he would be doing it in clear response to PAP nationalists worried about the decline of the nation. An overreaching Lee Hsien Loong is inflicting damage on party and national credibility. Since there are no senior Lee family members who have succeeded in keeping the dispute under control, the party elders might be stepping in to do what’s best for the country.
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