Thread by @kixes

Heng Swee Keat no longer in the running to be Singapore’s next prime minister. He says the result his team got in East Coast GRC in the last general election is not the reason why he chose to step aside.

Sure thing, buddy channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore…

What’s not mentioned here is that LHL *could* have stuck to the schedule of stepping down in 2022; some have argued that his pledge to remain (made in the middle of the GE2020 campaign) was a response to lacklustre public enthusiasm for Heng and the 4G.

After all, LHL had already allowed the 4G to oversee the #Covid19 situation, which is why we kept seeing Lawrence Wong at those briefings. If there was confidence in the 4G, LHL could have stepped down at 70 as promised. straitstimes.com/politics/4g-le…

Here’s the statement (published by @straits_times) from PAP political office holders (except LHL, Teo Chee Hean, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam), who met after being informed Heng was stepping down as 4G leader. They say they need more time to select another leader among the 4G.

I just rewatched this video of HSK floundering in Parliament and it was as painful as I remembered, possibly even more so: facebook.com/theonlinecitiz…

I was rewatching this because I’m working on the next #wethecitizens and you should really subscribe here: wethecitizens.ghost.io

Here's the #wethecitizens wrap covering Heng Swee Keat stepping aside, @royngerng's crowdfunding campaign, and calling for signatures for #MilkTeaAlliance's open letter in solidarity with Myanmar: wethecitizens.ghost.io/not-according-…

So far, my #wethecitizens straw poll is also dunking on Chan Chun Sing…

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